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Object of preposition
Object of preposition always comes after a verb but what if it comes between two "linking" and "action" verbs?
e.g. Her daughter was the only student in the school who won a prize.
[was] => linking verb
[won] => action verb
here we have [in the school]
is it correct to say that "school" is the object of the preposition "in"?
Am I right about the following functions of the nouns here :
[daughter] => subject
[student] => subjective complement
and what is the function of "prize" in this sentence?
Mar 26, 2015 3:41 AM
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The object of a preposition comes after the preposition that heads the prepositional phrase. The prepositional phrase, including its object does not "always come after a verb." So I am not sure what you mean by that.
An example is
In the summer, we all go crazy.
Yes, 'school' is the object of the preposition 'in' in the prepositional phrase 'in the school'.
Yes, the subject of the independent clause is 'daughter', and 'student' is the subject complement.
The independent clause is
'Her daughter was the only student in the school.'
'who won a prize' is a relative clause that tells us something about 'student', and also about 'daughter', since 'student' refers to daughter. Relative clauses often immediately follow the noun that they modify, but they do not have to, as in this sentence. We have the prepositional phrase 'in the school' that comes in between the relative clause ('who won a prize') and the noun it modifies ('student').
'prize' is the direct object of the verb 'won'.
March 26, 2015
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