with: a determiner or preposition?

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lingolingu

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Hello everyone,

I have got a quick question.
In Linguistics I need to draw four trees for the following sentence:

red shoes and socks with red dots

Can "with" be seen as a determiner in this context? Or is it rather a preposition?

Thanks everyone. :)
 

Barb_D

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Welcome to Using English.
I don't see how "with" could ever be a determiner.
"With red dots" is, together, a prepositional phrase use as a modifier.
 

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She was wearing red shoes with socks with red dots. (Now it's a sentence.)
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It's a preposition there for me.
 
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