Prepositional Phrases

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Prepositional Phrases
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FACT 1  When you begin a sentence with a
prepositional phrase, you need to separate it
from the rest of the sentence with a
comma. Example During the storm, the family
hid in the root cellar. FACT 2  Sentences that
start with prepositional phrases are always
interesting.  If you ever want to make the first
sentence in your story sound even better,
consider beginning it with a prepositional
phrase.Example "Toward the deafening sound
like thunder, ..."Under a piece of wood dropped
from a lumber truck, ..."On the highway between
the two towns, ..."Among the crowd of
on-lookers, ..."
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• To use prepositional phrases in your writing, you
  need to know a couple of things.
• You need to know the prepositions!Study your
  prepositions handout often to commit the
  prepositions to memory.
• A prepositional phrase contains a preposition and
  the object of the preposition.
• Example Around the house
• Around is the preposition and house is the object
  of the preposition.The object of the preposition
  must be a noun or pronoun.

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There MAY be one or more adjectives between the
preposition and the object of the preposition in
a prepositional phrase.Examplebetween the two
towns
adjectives
noun
preposition