The coach made the players pick up all of the tennis balls outside the fields. *
What part of speech is outside the fields?
- Prepositional phrase
- Gerund phrase
- Appositive phrase (my answer)
am i right?

Question

The coach made the players pick up all of the tennis balls outside the fields. *
What part of speech is outside the fields?
- Prepositional phrase
- Gerund phrase
- Appositive phrase (my answer) 
am i right?

anonymous · Answer

Why do you think it is an appositive phrase?

anonymous · Answer

Look at this definitions and let me know if you still think it is appositive. c:

An appositive is a re-naming or amplification of a word that immediately precedes it.

If so, then what is *outside the fields renaming?

brittanydosey · Answer

a prepositional phrase is a modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object.

anonymous · Answer

And outside the fields is modifying. :) So it will be A then.

anonymous · Answer

If you have any more questions, a good reference to check out would be this website: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/phrases.htm