
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES: DEFINITION BY THE CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY
A combination of a preposition and a noun or pronoun.
OUR VIEW ON THE ISSUE:
More accurately, a prepositional phrase is a combination of a preposition, or various prepositions, and a noun or pronoun that in the majority of cases, modify the meaning of a noun or verb. The prepositions can include at, for, in, on, out.
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES |
AT | BY | FOR | IN | ON | OUT |
at a distance
at a glance at a guess at a loss at all costs at fault at first sight at hand at home at issue at large at least at length at liberty at most at night at noon at onsight at once at one time at peace at random at risk at school at speed at that age at the age of at the bottom at the door at the end at the minute at the moment at the weekend at times at university at war at work |
by accident
by air by all accounts by all means by bike by birth by boat by car by chance by check by card by coincidence by design by far by force by hand by heart by land by law by luck by marriage by nature by no means by now by mistake by oneself by plane by post by process of by profession by reason of by request by right by sea/ship by sight by surprise by the time by the way by train by virtue by way of |
for a cause
for a change for a moment for a reason for a time for all for certain for example for fear of for good for granted for hire for instance for lack of for life for love for luck for nothing for once for real for the rest of for the sake of for the time being |
in a flash
in a hurry in a mood in abundance in action in addition to in advance in agony in awe of in conclusion in contact in contrast in danger in debt in decline in defence in detail in demand in disgrace in disguise in doubt in effect in error in the end in fact in favour of in fear in flower in focus in full in the future in gear in general in good time in haste in honor of in horror in memory of in mind in pursuit in time in touch in trouble |
on a promise
on balance on account of on approval on authority on average on bail on board on business on credit on display on edge on end on file on fire on hand on holiday on leave on loan on no account on order on paper on record on remand on a regular basis on scale on schedule on screen on show on strike on suspision on terms of on the brink on the computer on the phone on time on trial on TV on vacations on watch |
out of breath
out of context out of control out of curiosity out of date out of duty out of fashion out of fear out of hand out of ideas out of jealousy out of luck out of mind out of order put of pity out of place out of practice out of reach out of shock out of sight out of spite out of stock out of time out of the ordinary out of the question out of work |