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Prepositional Phrases: Agent Phrase
Sunday, March 17, 2013
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A "Agent Phrase" indicates someone or something that does an action on the subject of the sentence. The action is always a passive verb.
The agent prepositions are
:
by
with
Examples
:
He was hit
by a ball
.
This book is written
by Shakespeare
.
The tub is filled
with water
.
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