Prepositional

The last group falls into what I call prepositional trouble, as in That one threw me over the deep end. ❋ Unknown (1993)

Dictionary. com says that “whom” is the object form of “who” which, if I remember correctly, means in prepositional phrases (after the words to, for, by, etc.). ❋ Unknown (2009)

A 133 page dissent over a 2 word prepositional phrase is silly. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The case governed by a. prepoakkm, nay with prot pfitety, ht called the prepositional case, in distinction from that which la the ebjeet of a veH or participle. ❋ Unknown (1812)

That kind of prepositional doubling is common enough in speech when people start to use one construction and switch into another, especially when the construction involved as here is a usage shibboleth. ❋ DC (2009)

In Castellano, there is no “to” form for infinitives: no puedo hacer la tarea (I can’t do the homework) doesn’t include any kind of prepositional “prefix” (as it were) for the infinitive hacer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The first type might mostly include prepositional verbs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When they correct a prepositional usage, or give me a more ‘natural’ way of saying something, it usually sticks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In discussing this topic on the bus from Nicosia to Kyrenia en route to the conference dinner, Nick Jaworski pointed out, that if transfer were the explanation, why is it that his Turkish students willfully produce errors like * I went Antalya, when the analogous verb + prepositional phrase exists in Turkish (even if the preposition is attached as a suffix)? ❋ Unknown (2010)

This suggests that any verb followed by a prepositional phrase (like look out (the window)), or any idiomatic expression that contains a verb (like make do with something) qualifies as a phrasal verb. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hi Vicki – first of all I would distinguish between the ‘long passive’ (i.e. the construction where the agent is identified in a prepositional phrase: “My aunt was abducted by aliens”) and the ‘short passive’, where no agent is mentioned “Caesar was assassinated”. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Both in and under the circumstances are commonly used, and there is no reason to avoid either one aside from personal prepositional preference. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Because, theoretically, we can analyse it the same way as ‘ran after’, as in ‘She ran after her father’, where ‘after her father’ is clearly a prepositional phrase. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And then, what about those particles that are only ever prepositions, but which seem somehow more attached to the verb than a simple prepositional phrase? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Thanks Luiz – and, yes, most grammars create an ‘arch-category’ called multi-word verbs, within which both phrasal and prepositional verbs (not to mention phrasal-prepositional verbs, of the type: look forward to, get along with …) are sub-categorised, along with other anomolous constructions, such as “to make do” and de-lexicalised verb combos, as in ‘take care of’, ‘make fun of’ etc. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And, as a corollory, prepositional verbs simply follow the (unstressed) preposition pattern: ❋ Unknown (2010)

The problem (or one of them) comes with particles with no complementation but which nevertheless have prepositional meaning: ❋ Unknown (2010)

[I'm in]. Instead, say, "I'm prepositional ." [I'm down] with that. Instead, say, "I'm prepositional with that." She still thinks [I care], but I'm over her. ❋ CC525 (2015)

John: Where are you at? [Grammarian]: NO! You can't [end] a [sentence] with a preposition! John: Fine. Where are you at, asshole? ❋ Denlah (2012)

I prepositioned her, [asking] "[atop], or [beneath]?" ❋ M. Drewdle (2014)

“A preposition is [something] you shouldn’t [end] a [sentence] with.” ❋ Victor Van Styn (2005)

"Where's my [preposition] at?" "I've [seen that] preposition before." "What is a preposition [atop]?" ❋ T. Barr (2008)

[JOB INTERVIEW] Boss: "Please [refrain] from making sexual propositions toward fellow coworkers.'" [Prospective] Employee: "What about sexual prepositions?" Boss: "What??" Prospective Employee: "Over... Under.... Around... Behind.... And between." ❋ Afro Burkal8tion (2010)

In an attempt to [captivate] and entice Jill, Matt applied the Prepositional-Proposition Theorem to his [fortune cookie] saying and announced “Your talents will be recognized and you will be rewarded...in bed.” Unfortunately, his date Jill was [not impressed]. ❋ Jayedee (2009)

1. It had not [snowed in] weeks, and everyone was looking desperately for the preposition snow: "Where has all of [the snow] gone to?" 2. By 10 a.m., the powder on all of the main runs was [tracked] up, so we searched for the preposition snow -- where all of the remaining good snow had gone to. ❋ Snowless (2009)