conglomerate mergers?
The prepositional phrase in this sentence is "across Puget Sound."
"Across the land" is the prepositional phrase in the sentence.
Compounding
The prepositional phrase is "...across the sky." "Across" is the preposition, and "the sky" is the object of the preposition.
Across the country
Across the board means encompassing everything or everyone.
To carry across is to carry something from one side to the other.
"Across the land" is the prepositional phrase in the sentence.
Google Adwords and Overture are two different companies. There was a recent situation in which Overture filed a lawsuit against Google Adwords for copyright infringement.
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A portion thereof means a part of whatever has been previously referred to. eg in a will it might say "If my investment or any portion thereof shall be liable ....." which means " if the whole investment or any part of the investment shall be liable...."
A verb phrase is a group of words that includes a main verb and any auxiliary verbs or modifiers, indicating an action or condition. A noun phrase, on the other hand, is a group of words centered around a noun that functions as a subject, object, or complement in a sentence. In essence, the key distinction lies in whether the central element is a verb or a noun.