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A clause with a prepositional phrase that expresses a meaning similar to that usually expressed by an object may be called pseudo-transitive.
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By ignoring the prepositional phrase, it is much easier to tell that the plural verb should be singular (is).
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With a prepositional phrase, "nit" follows the verb and "keyn" replaces the indefinite article and precedes the noun.
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It is the prepositional phrase after years of being lost under a pile of dust which dangles.
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The substantive verb is used when the predicate is an adjective, adverb, or prepositional phrase.
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As noted above, prepositions and predicate adjectives function as verbs themselves, so in sentences where the predicate is an adjectival or prepositional phrase, "sh" is not required.
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These examples show inversion of a prepositional phrase, but this inversion does not necessarily occur in contexts of pied-piping.
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He further notes that prepositional phrases generally represent obliques, leaving subjects and objects unmarked (38).
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The following graphic representations of a clause, a noun phrase, and a prepositional phrase involve agreement.
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Another aspect of "it" -extraposition that distinguishes it from canonical cases is that the extraposed constituent is usually a clause; "it" -extraposition can not extrapose a prepositional phrase.
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