Richbaub's Introduction to Middle School Grammar Book 1

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1.2 – Objects of Prepositions What is an Object of a Preposition and where is it? A. The last word in a prepositional phrase (the noun or pronoun that completes the phrase) is called the “object of the preposition,” or “o.p.” for short. B. In the examples below, the objects of the prepositions are: home, car, chairs, her, dock, game, container and everyone. C. Here are a few more examples of prepositional phrases with their parts labeled inside sentences: RICHBAUB’S INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAMMAR, BOOK 1 11
D. Sometimes a word from the preposition list appears in a sentence, but it is NOT functioning as a preposition. You can tell because it has no object (o.p.) Compare the following sentences. Both use the word before, which is on your list of prepositions. However, in only one of the sentences is before functioning as a preposition. A. I had a cup of water before bedtime. B. Matt had never seen a bridge so high before. Above, in sentence “B” the word before is NOT a preposition—it has no object and is therefore not beginning a prepositional phrase. In sentence “B” before is an adverb. In sentence “A,” “before bedtime” is a prepositional phrase, and so before is functioning as a preposition. E. Here’s another example: A. Susan went inside after the ballgame. B. The puppy walked inside the doghouse. In sentence “A,” “inside after the ballgame” is NOT a prepositional phrase. “After the ballgame” is a prepositional phrase, and inside is all by itself, functioning as an adverb in this sentence. In sentence “B,” “inside the doghouse” IS a prepositional phrase. F. Remember how a prepositional phrase is built: It begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun, and it may also have a descriptive word or two between the preposition and o.p. “Inside the doghouse” fits this pattern, but “inside after the ballgame” does not fit this pattern because the word after is not a descriptive word—it begins its own prepositional phrase, “after the ballgame.” 12 RICHBAUB’S INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAMMAR, BOOK 1
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