Prepositional phrase. All the nouns or pronouns and the words modifying them that are governed by a preposition (follow it as its objects) constitute the prepositional phrase That meeting of executives was boring. The idea of them making decisions is ludicrous All the underlined words are the prepositional phrases in these examples. The prepositional phrase can function adjectivally or adverbially, following the rules for each such role as if it were a single word adverb or adjective. Seethe entry on prepositionsfor more information on punctuation, order of words, and other aspects of using prepositions and the words they govern see also modifier. Present tense.Verbs change their forms to indicate the time of the actions or conditions they depict. Actions or conditions that take place now or are perceived by the writer or speaker to be happening now are in the present tense.” Verbs form their present tenses from the main form itself (in the rst and second person) and the main form plus Sores (in the third person) inmost cases: “walk, walks type, types echo, echoes See tenses for more elaborately formed and commonly used forms of the present tense.
