Iwaited by the door. my father presently emerged, looked at me, and nodded. he and i walked away together. which of these phrases from the passage is a prepositional phrase?

"by the door"

Explanation:

A prepositional phrase usually comprises of a preposition, its object(noun, pronoun, gerund) and a modifier of the object. It functions as an adjective or adverb in the sentence that modifies either the verb or the noun in the sentence. In the given statement, the prepositional phrase employed is "by the door" which evidently justifies the above-provided claim. It begins with a preposition 'by' which is followed by its object 'door' and it's modifier 'the'. The prepositional phrase in the given sentence functions as an adverb that modifies the verb 'waited' in the sentence and it also answers the question 'waited where?"

went is the final answer! : )

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen