Pronouns in prepositional phrases

• A preposition can be followed by pronouns that are the replacements for nouns.

  E.g., John came with his friends --> John came with them.
• The noun of a prepositional phrase describing a location or time tend to be replaced by there or then.

  
  

  e.g., She spent a lot of time in the city --> She spent a lot of time there.
• Response to questions!

  
  

  A prepositional phrase can stand alone if the meaning of the rest of the sentence is understood.

  e.g., Where did you attend college? In California.
• A few prepositional phrases can stand alone, if they are part of an imperative or an interjection.

  
  

  e.g., On your feet!
• The preposition than can be used as a conjunction to join two

  clauses.

  
  

  e.g., My brother words harder than I like to work.