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pre-head head

det                premodifier 

some | baked     | potatoes 

pre-head head

det        premodifier 

all | university | students

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Modification

Premodification, premodifier A term used to refer to the modification which

occurs before the head word in a phrase. Modifiers which occur before the head

are premodifiers (a different

bus

, 

rather

good

, 

very

quickly

, 

right

on the edge

).

Pre-posed, post-posed

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Header; Tail

Preposition, prepositional phrase, preposition stranding Class of word used to

express relationships between two events, things or people in terms of time (at

2 o’clock

), space (to the school) and other abstract relations (the capital city of

Brazil

). Prepositions can occur as single words (about, at, by, into) or in pairs

(out of, next to, as for).

A phrase with a preposition as the head followed by a complement is called a

prepositional phrase (I’ll come 

with you

.).

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Preposition stranding occurs when the preposition is separated from its

complement and placed at the end of the clause: