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20. These old brick streets echo wonderfully under the car tires.
21. Our big dining room table seats twelve people.
22. I cracked my wristwatch against the doorpost this morning on my way out the door.
23. A true sense of peace wafted over Tricia slowly because of the sweet music.
24. The hot rod collection delighted many fans of the “muscle” cars.
25. The Roman senate passed a vote of thanks to the victorious general for saving the republic.
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Unit 3: Phrases
Lesson 18
Prepositional Phrases
A 
prepositional phrase
is a group of words that begins with a preposition and usually
ends with a noun or a pronoun, called the 
object of the preposition
. Adjectives and other
modifiers may be placed between the preposition and its object. A preposition may have
more than one object. 
He put the note into his pocket. (Pocket is the object of the preposition into.)
Prepositional phrases may occur sequentially in a sentence.
He put the note into the pocket of his shirt.
A prepositional phrase is usually used as an adjective or an adverb. When it is used as an
adjective, it modifies a noun or a pronoun. When it is used as an adverb, it modifies an
adjective, a verb, or another adverb.
We read the book about the West. (adjective phrase modifying the noun book)
Who around town could help us hang posters? (adjective phrase modifying the
pronoun who)
She parks her new car in the garage. (adverb phrase modifying the verb parks)
The job is easy for you. (adverb phrase modifying the adjective easy)
She reads well for her age. (adverb phrase modifying the adverb well)
 Exercise 1