Prepositional Object (Noun)
Meaning
The object governed by a preposition.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The book on the table is mine, where "the table" is the prepositional object of the preposition "on".
- The city in which I live is very crowded, where "which I live" is the prepositional object of the preposition "in".
- The prepositional object of the phrase "under the bridge" is "the bridge".
- The book was hidden behind the prepositional object, the big curtain.
- The phrase "across the street" has "the street" as its prepositional object.