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hanuman_2000  +  72631 Mon, 07 Feb 05 12:55 PM
Sir,

What is difference between phrasal preposition and prepositional phrase?


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Mister Micawber  +  72648 Mon, 07 Feb 05 01:55 PM


A phrasal preposition consists of more than one word, like 'in front of', 'on behalf of'.

A prepositional phrase is a preposition (simple or phrasal) + noun phrase object: 'on the desk', 'in front of the fireplace'.

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hanuman_2000  +  72763 Tue, 08 Feb 05 05:24 AM
Sir,

Your explanations are always fruitful to me. I always get some new idea from your answer.

One more question "phrasal preposition " =pure preposition(more than one word).

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Mister Micawber  +  72765 Tue, 08 Feb 05 05:26 AM

What's a pure preposition?

hanuman_2000  +  72772 Tue, 08 Feb 05 05:42 AM
Sir,

Sorry!

Phrasal prepostion= only preposition with more than one word( Whole combination can be considered as a single preposition).


one more question

1.We put off washing the dishes.

2.A button came off my shirt.

In (1) "off" as an adverb.

In (2) "off" as a preposition.

Am I right?

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Mister Micawber  +  72776 Tue, 08 Feb 05 05:53 AM

Ah, I see. The group of words function as a single preposition, but they can be dissected into:

Adverb + preposition -- 'instead of', 'due to', 'except for'

or

Preposition + noun + preposition -- 'in front of', 'on behalf of', 'in spite of'


(1) is an adverbial 'off', and I would call it an adverb in (2) also-- the 'of' has been elided:

'A button came off (of) my shirt.'
'A button came off in the laundromat.'

There may be another opinion on that one.

Anonymous, 4 yr 127 days ago

sir can u give me an example of prepositional combination....

 

Mister Micawber  +  119768 Wed, 20 Jul 05 08:58 AM

I presume that that is synonymous with 'phrasal preposition', of which there are two examples in my first post in this thread.


Anonymous, 1 yr 258 days ago

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