Talk:Adpositional phrase

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In the section on circumpositional phrases, for English, "As far as" is mentioned just below but not included as a circumpositional phrase itself. Was that intentional? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.118.200.147 (talk) 23:31, 2 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

I see no mention of as far as. --Tjo3ya (talk) 17:41, 3 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Example a in § Prepositional phrases is starred:

*She walked around his desk.

The asterisk means that the sentence is ungrammatical. It isn't, and there's no explanation. The asterisk goes. --Thnidu (talk) 01:49, 31 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

This topic needs archiving since the issue has long since been resolved. Kent Dominic·(talk) 15:33, 23 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

1. The complements of prepositions are described as modifiers on this page. Being complements, they are by definition not modifiers.
2. Many grammars recognise intransitive preposition, not mentioned here at all. The word "now" in the third lot of tree diagrams is recognised by such grammars as a preposition, not an adverb.
3. "The object of a prepositional phrase is to function as an adjective or adverb." <--- This makes no sense.
4. Certain PPs are given here as dependents of V when they are dependents of clauses or VPs. This can be shown by the fact these PP's CAN, in fact precede or follow the clauses that they modify: "He is leaving (Paris) on Tuesday" versus "On Tuesday he is leaving (Paris)"
5. The last section is, to say the least, very misleading. Many modern grammarians and grammars such as The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language" regard the majority of the 'particles' which occur in so-called phrasal verbs as prepositions.
6. It would be better to remove this page while it is rewritten than to leave it up, where it will be confusing at best and misleading at worst.

Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.60.134 (talk) 4 December 2016‎ (UTC)

The article rightly points out that "Language syntax treats adpositional phrases as units that act as arguments or adjuncts," but there's no discussion of a prepositional phrase as an argument in the manner of a stative complement, e.g., "The dog was in its kennel or "She's of mixed breed or "Inside the bouquet were several red tulips". Kent Dominic·(talk) 16:04, 23 September 2024 (UTC)Reply