Combine Sentences - Prepositions

Question 1

terms to understand

Answer 1

• a prepositional phrase is a group of words beginning with a preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun; the phrase also includes any modifiers of the object

Question 2

punctuation

Answer 2

• if a prepositional phrase begins a sentence and is longer than five words - or if the beginning of a sentence consists of more than one prepositional phrase put together, place a comma after the phrase(s) and before the rest of the sentence

Question 3

examples

Answer 3

• e.g., Under the tree among the many gnarled roots, you will find an unusual flower (there are two prepositional phrases beginning this sentence, and they are followed by a comma)