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What r prepositional phrases and could u show an example of on or two?

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1. I cannot define them, but some examples are: for the award, or, up a tree. For a list of preposition or a better explanation, emial me a slosojo@yahoo.com. =)
2. a prepositional phrase is a phrase that starts with a preposition. kind of hard to describe when all you can do is use the term in the description. here is a list of prepositions: http://www.abcteach.com/abclists/prepositions.htm on is a preposition - an example would be "on the desk" when the sentence reads: the book is on the desk. two is not a preposition, but "to" is. an example of use would be: the picture was glued to the frame. here is a little help from wikipedia on appositives. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appositive an apppositive is a word or group of words that describes another noun. you'll see when you click on the example. hope this helps
3. A prepositional phrase tells where. Like around the tree, or on the house, etc. There are 48 prepositions that are the most common: Aboard, about, above, across, after, against, along, amid, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, but, by, down, during, except, for, from, in, into, like, near, of, off, on, over, past, since, through, throughout, to, toward, under, underneath, until, unto, up, upon, with, within, without. Hope that helps.
4. prepositional phrases are phrases that tell you where something is....an example is like "The cat was UNDER THE BED". one question to ask when identifing prep. phrases is where the subject is( Where is the cat? under the bed!) i hope this helps!
5. The book is <u>in the library.</u> "in the library" is the prepositional phrase, and "in" is the preposition. She wants to meet <u>near the coffee shop.</u> "near the coffee shop" is the prepositional phrase, and "near" is the preposition. I hope that helps, I'm not very good at actually explaining prepositional phrases, just working them.
6. A preposition is a word that relates one word (or group of words) to another word (or group of words). A preposition usually comes before (hence the name pre + position) a noun, pronoun or a phrase; this combination of preposition + noun, pronoun or phrase is called a prepositional phase. The preposition relates the entire phrase to another part of the sentence, generally function as an adjective (modifying a noun) or a adverb (modifying a verb). Any good dictionary will give you a list of the most common prepositions. An appositive is a word or a group of words that renames or identifies a nearby noun or pronoun. For example, in “My friend Tom Brady, the Patriots quarterback, is talented,” there are two appositives: “Tom Brady” identifies which friend is being referred to; “the Patriots quarterback” renames “my friend Tom Brady.”