Monday, May 11, 2009

Prepositional Phrase as Post Modifier of Noun Phrase

A Prepositional Phrase is a phrase which begins with a preposition. The examples of prepositions are in, on, at , for, of, with, by, to, above, under, near, and witout. The prepositional phrase consists of a preposition plus a noun or a noun phrase. The examples of prepositional phrases are at home, in the house, to campus, with my friend near the post office and for my wife.

The following are the examples of prepositional phrases as Post modifiers of noun phrases.

A Post Modifier of a noun phrase is a modifier which comes after a noun head in a noun phrase. Look at the rxamples below:

- the man in my house
- the students of the university
- the people at home
- the house near the post office

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