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* built around a preposition, which indicates time, place, or other relationship to the main clause or a noun | * built around a preposition, which indicates time, place, or other relationship to the main clause or a noun | ||
* prepositions never precede a verb | * prepositions never precede a verb | ||
** because they tell us more about the nouns, esp. the subject or object of a sentence | |||
** ex.: "The teacher about tells" or "The odor from stinks" makes no sense | ** ex.: "The teacher about tells" or "The odor from stinks" makes no sense | ||
* however, prepositional phrase frequently precede or follow a verb, ex.: | |||
** "The teacher tells ''about math''." | |||
** "The odor ''from the garbage'' stinks overwhelmingly" | |||
* prepositions include: ''above, about, after, along, around, at, before, behind, below, beside, between, by, down, during, from, for, into, near, of, on, over, through, to'' (when suggesting a direction)'', toward, under, until, up, upon, with, without'' | * prepositions include: ''above, about, after, along, around, at, before, behind, below, beside, between, by, down, during, from, for, into, near, of, on, over, through, to'' (when suggesting a direction)'', toward, under, until, up, upon, with, without'' | ||
** see [https://englishpost.org/grammar-lessons-list-of-common-prepositions/ List of Common Prepositions (englishpost.org)] | ** see [https://englishpost.org/grammar-lessons-list-of-common-prepositions/ List of Common Prepositions (englishpost.org)] | ||
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<pre>Seawater seeping into fissures in the ocean floor is heated by underlying magma, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [5] [and remove] other chemicals from the water.</pre> | <pre>Seawater seeping into fissures in the ocean floor is heated by underlying magma, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [5] [and remove] other chemicals from the water.</pre> | ||
* we can identify the core of the sentence by ignoring the prepositions: | * we can identify the core of the sentence by ignoring the prepositions: | ||
** Seawater <s>''seeping into fissures in the ocean floor''</s> is heated <s>''by underlying magma''</s>, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [5] [and remove] other chemicals <s>''from the water | ** Seawater <s>''seeping into fissures in the ocean floor''</s> is heated <s>''by underlying magma''</s>, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [5] [and remove] other chemicals <s>''from the water</s>.'' which leaves us with: | ||
<pre> Seawater is heated, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [5] [and remove] other chemicals</pre> | <pre> Seawater is heated, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [5] [and remove] other chemicals</pre> | ||
** which allows us to eliminate possible answers more readily: | ** which allows us to eliminate possible answers more readily: | ||
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y D) and << creates an appropriate list of objects to the subject verb "heat drives" | y D) and << creates an appropriate list of objects to the subject verb "heat drives" | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
* SAT test frequently tests for subject-verb case agreement and includes a prepositional phrase that matches to a wrong answer | * SAT test frequently tests for subject-verb case agreement and includes a prepositional phrase that matches to a wrong answer | ||
click EXPAND for an example from [https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/sat-practice-test-7.pdf Practice Test 7 Writing question no. 19]: | |||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> | |||
<pre>The most common forms of professional development provided to employees [19] [includes] coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, and workshops. | <pre>The most common forms of professional development provided to employees [19] [includes] coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, and workshops. | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
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D) has included | D) has included | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
<pre>The most common forms of professional development provided to employees [19] [includes] coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, and workshops.</pre> | |||
* removing the preposition "of" clarifies the subject: | |||
** The most common forms <s>''of professional development provided to employees''</s> leaves us with | |||
<pre>The most common forms [includes] coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, and workshops.</pre> | |||
* which clarifies the correct conjugation of the subject-verb: | |||
** forms include | |||
*** = third person plural, so "I include, you include, he/she/it '''inlcudes''', we include, they include" | |||
*** thus the correct answer B) include | |||
</div> | </div> | ||
=== verb phrase === | === verb phrase === | ||