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This post is a little dated but since I've been working with my students on this very topic I thought I'd post. First, you can't understand what the "object of the preposition" is if you don't first know how to identify prepositions. So you need to find a list (google "list prepositions English"...

There are often optional ways of looking at sentence structure, but here are my opinions: 1. She | tried phoning | his home number, | but | he | didn´t answer. Subject | Verb | Direct object / noun phrase | conj. | subject | verb - Could "but he didn´t answer" be a clause?-- YES,...