Comments on: Verbals: Definition & Examples https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/verbs/verbals/ GrammarBook.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 21:24:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.5 By: GrammarBook.com https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/verbs/verbals/#comment-1619591 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 21:24:47 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=6621#comment-1619591 In reply to Courtney.

In your example sentence, “after opening her eyes” is an adverbial prepositional phrase modifying the verbs “got up” and “began.” “After” is the preposition and the gerund phrase “opening her eyes” is the object of the preposition.

]]> By: Courtney https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/verbs/verbals/#comment-1619093 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 03:37:26 +0000 https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/?p=6621#comment-1619093 For a verbal phrase such as “opening her eyes,” what part of speech would a word that comes before the phrase be? Would it be an adverb or preposition? For example, “After opening her eyes, she got up from bed and began to get ready for work.” What part of speech would “after” be?

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