prepositional phrase

Grammar

A phrase with a preposition as its main word. The preposition comes at the beginning of the phrase and is followed by: a noun:

preposition	noun
below	ground

a pronoun:

preposition	pronoun
after	me

a verbal noun:

preposition	verbal noun
without	leaving

a noun phrase:

preposition	noun phrase
during	the last month

UsesPrepositional phrases have two main uses: To modify a noun. When they form part of a noun phrase, they normally come after the noun. (So they are, technically, ‘postmodifiers.’) For example:

Court actions in foreign countries noun phrase

expose a company to a number of risks.

As an adverbial. When they are used as adverbials, they give information about: