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What is the function of the phrase "with another car"?
Collide comes from Latin collidere, which itself is constructed from (a tweaked version of) the prefix com-, meaning with or together. Thus collide with another car isn’t too different from chat with ...
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What is the function of the phrase "with another car"?
He went off the road to avoid colliding with another car.
with another car is a preposition phrase. It is adjectival and modifies the gerund-participle colliding.
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Using "beneath which" or just use "above"?
Above the square is a prepositional phrase which can be attached to a noun phrase (or other things).
Beneath which the square is is a relative clause which requires a noun phrase to attach to.
Beneath ...
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prepositional phrases as direct /indirect objects
The issue causing you confusion appears to revolve around the interpretation of the interrogative pronoun what in the prompt "Help what." You are correct that its referent doesn't ...
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prepositional phrases as direct /indirect objects
[1] Sally will help you with your housework.
[2] She sent her friend an email.
[3] He gave them a bag full of money.
PPs can't be indirect objects but they can be direct objects, as in:
[4] We must ...
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