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the end of a prepositional phrase: of the mongoose, beside a
sparkling lake, with them, to James and Harlow, within five
minutes.
Famous Prepositional Phrases
The following prepositional phrases have been used as
titles for songs, television shows, movies, and books. How
many do you recognize? Can you think of others?
Above Suspicion In Cold Blood
Against the Wind In Living Color
Around the World in Eighty Days Of Mice and Men
At Long Last Love On Golden Pond
At the Hop On the Road
Behind Closed Doors On the Waterfront
Behind Enemy Lines Over the Rainbow
Beneath the Planet of the Apes Up on the Roof
Beyond the Sea Up the Down
Staircase
Prepositional phrases often have a three-word structure.
Often, prepositional phrases have a three-word structure:
preposition, article (a, an, or the), noun. Thus phrases like of an
employee, under the car, and with a gift are easy to recognize. But
