The key to handling prepositional phrases well is understanding reader expectations. Readers usually presume that a modifier applies to the noun or verb closest to it.

Prepositions and prepositional phrasesTrudi Faulkner-Petrova explains the difference between the phrases 'in the end' and 'at the end' Ask about English 1 September 2009 ...

The original sentence, with 27 words and five prepositional phrases, has now become a slim and fast six words with no prepositional phrases. This is not to say that every prepositional phrase is bad ...

Unhistory A suspiciously long prepositional phrase wasn`t the only irregularity that tipped a journalism grad student onto a mystery at Northwestern University. Mounted on a large rock on the ...

In grammar, a word belongs to a class if it has the properties of that class. A preposition heads a prepositional phrase, and usually takes a noun phrase as its complement.

It is a peculiar hubris of California's legislators that they often presume to extend the application of the state's laws beyond its legal borders. ...

The noun phrases which these prepositions introduce are often rather formal and it may be more natural to use because in informal, conversational English.

Welcome to the wacky world of prepositional phrases, where, if you’re not careful, you can stray so far from your meaning that people are still laughing about your communication skills a century ...