1) PP. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...prepositional phrase... 2) prepositional phrase. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. ...abbr. PP A phrase that consists of a preposition and its object and has adjectival or adverbial value, such as in the house in the people in the house or by him in... 3) prepositional. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...Relating to or used as a preposition. prepoˇsitionˇalˇly -ADVERB... 4) unaware. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...Not aware or cognizant. Unawares. unaˇwarely -ADVERBunaˇwareness -NOUN Unaware, followed by a prepositional phrase with of (expressed or implied), is the usual adjectival... 5) genitive. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...possession, measurement, or source. 2. Of or relating to an affix or construction, such as a prepositional phrase, characteristic of the genitive case. 1. The genitive... 6) percentage. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...a, it takes either a singular or plural verb, depending on the number of the noun in the prepositional phrase that follows: A small percentage of the workers are... 7) percent. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...is considered as a body, not as individuals. When percent is used without a following prepositional phrase, either a singular or plural verb is acceptable.... 8) split infinitive. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. ...assembling all of the facts of the case. What is split here is not an infinitive but a prepositional phrase.... 9) Variation and Change in Our Living Language. The American Heritage
Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000 ...phrase is a conjoined noun phrase, like ball techniques and tactics, or when it includes a prepositional phrase, like ball techniques in soccer, the chances of verblessness... 10) Variation and Change in Our Living Language. The American Heritage
Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000 ...phrase is a conjoined noun phrase, like ball techniques and tactics, or when it includes a prepositional phrase, like ball techniques in soccer, the chances of verblessness... |