LIN204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Independent Clause, Comma Splice, Sentence Clause Structure
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We will put the boys on the train at noon. Funcion: preposiions establish a relaionship between two phrases. They put two phrases in relaion to one another. The preposiion on relates the noun phrase the boys and the np the train . The relaion is spaial; it locates the boys in space. The preposiion at relates the vp will put the boys on the train and the np noon . Preposiions express a rich variety of relaions that range from very concrete relaions of space and ime, like the ones we just considered, to quite abstract. Here are some examples of less concrete relaions: a container for buter a photo of our family. There is a patern concerning where they are found in a sentence; noice that each is followed by a noun phrase: the train, noon, buter, our family, his father. It turns out that preposiions are very oten followed by a noun phrase.
