Question

compound prepositional phrase​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Unlike Simple prepositions which are simple and short word, a Compound Preposition is a combination of words. According to, aside from, because of, are the few examples of compound preposition. Let us use these words on forming simple sentences.

According to his teacher he is a good student.

The room was clean aside from few strewn pieces of paper.

He worked because of the money that he gets.

You should have gone west instead of going east.

In the above sentences ‘According to’, aside from, because of, and instead of are examples of compound preposition. Consider the first sentence- ‘to’ is a simple preposition and ‘according to’ is a compound preposition. Likewise- ‘aside from’, because of, instead of are all the examples of compound prepositions.

Answer 2

Answer:

Compound prepositions

• These are words like above, before, behind, below, across, among, around, beside and between.
• Compound prepositions are generally formed by adding the prefix ‘a-‘ or ‘by-‘ to a noun, an adjective or an adverb