abanuelos1
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I have a question regarding the diagramming of prepositional phrases. I know that a prepositional phrase usually consists of preposition+modifier+noun, pronoun or gerund, but what about the following sentence:
Jillian likes bagels if there is butter on top of the bagel.
I know the preposition here is "on top of" and the phrase follows, but I'm stumped as to what the portion that reads "if there is butter" is. "Jillian" is the subject, "likes" is the verb, but is the object here the word "bagel" or "butter"?
I have a question regarding the diagramming of prepositional phrases. I know that a prepositional phrase usually consists of preposition+modifier+noun, pronoun or gerund, but what about the following sentence:
Jillian likes bagels if there is butter on top of the bagel.
I know the preposition here is "on top of" and the phrase follows, but I'm stumped as to what the portion that reads "if there is butter" is. "Jillian" is the subject, "likes" is the verb, but is the object here the word "bagel" or "butter"?