Which of the following describes the underlined phrase in the sentence below?

The local softball team won the championship (against all odds).

prepositional
participial
gerund
infinitive

Question

Which of the following describes the underlined phrase in the sentence below? 

The local softball team won the championship (against all odds). 

prepositional 
participial 
gerund 
infinitive

anonymous · Answer

Prepositional

anonymous · Answer

Use the process of elimination: 

It cannot be C since a gerund needs to have -ing at the end. 

It cannot be D since infinitive are mostly used as non-finite verbs. 

It cannot be participles since it does not have -ed -en -d -n -ne. 

We are left with prepositional.

anonymous · Answer

Thanks you guys (:

anonymous · Answer

I think you should try to read "Warinner's book' it's an intersting book about Grammar and composition.

anonymous · Answer

@study-mode 
Amazon link? I may check it out :-P.