Anonymous  +  299759 Sat, 02 Dec 06 12:44 AM I am doing my English homework right now.  Normally, on homework like this, I would just sacrifice a few points and guess, but I am absent minded.  I did two homework assignments ahead of time, forgot to put them in the binder, and now I am down to an 85.  I need every point I can get before the semester ends. I need to find each prepositional phrase and underline the preposition. "According to historians, Cortes and his small army had trouble seizing control of the empire because of the Aztec's sophisticated military organization." "However, with the help of many enemies of the Aztecs, Cortes conquered the Aztec empire in 1521." "-- every ship except one." I don't want to sound stupid, but are these correct? Thank you Anonymous Prepositions, Underline

	Grammar Geek  +  299783 Sat, 02 Dec 06 03:12 AM Just to clarify, you are looking for prepositional phrases, not adverbial phrases? Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Philip  +  299784 Sat, 02 Dec 06 03:28 AM  Anonymous wrote: I am doing my English homework right now.  Normally, on homework like this, I would just sacrifice a few points and guess, but I am absent minded.  I did two homework assignments ahead of time, forgot to put them in the binder, and now I am down to an 85.  I need every point I can get before the semester ends. I need to find each prepositional phrase and underline the preposition. "According to historians, Cortes and his small army had trouble seizing control of the empire because of the Aztecs' sophisticated military organization." "However, with the help of many enemies of the Aztecs, Cortes conquered the Aztec empire in 1521." "-- every ship except one." I don't want to sound stupid, but are these correct? Thank you You do not sound stupid.  All seem correct to me.  Small correction is in yellow above. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Prepositions, Underline

	Grammar Geek  +  299791 Sat, 02 Dec 06 03:54 AM of the empire What is the "because" doing in the prepositional phrase? I would have thought it didn't belong, but I'm happy to learn why I'm wrong. Grammar Geek

	Yankee  +  299881 Sat, 02 Dec 06 12:36 PM Hi Barb Webster's and the American Heritage Dictionaries both list because of  as a preposition.  (Webster's states that the two words "function" as a preposition.) Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,506 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain Prepositions

	Inchoateknowledge  +  299884 Sat, 02 Dec 06 12:42 PM Knowing the definition of a preposition, I am not surprised at all. A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence Inchoateknowledge Prepositions