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regarding preposition 'of'

 
 
Reply Thu 10 Feb, 2011 05:35 am
I have a hard time understanding phrases containing preposition, especially 'of'. I tried dictionary to understand the following sentence which contained preposition, but was not able to understand.
cyanosis of increasing severity
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Reply Thu 10 Feb, 2011 12:57 pm
@jay24444,
jay24444 wrote:

I have a hard time understanding phrases containing preposition, especially 'of'. I tried dictionary to understand the following sentence which contained preposition, but was not able to understand.
cyanosis of increasing severity


The preposition 'of' is indicating a quality or characteristic.

building of great height - very tall building
hole of great depth - very deep hole
cyanosis of increasing severity - cyanosis whose severity increases
bank balance of decreasing magnitude - bank balance that gets smaller


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Reply Thu 10 Feb, 2011 07:09 pm
@contrex,
could you explain the other three sentences describing preposition role, especially 'of'. I have tried dictionary to find role of preposition in the sentences. lastly, is there a way understand them easily

pneumonia that develops during the course of another disease.
second most cause of community pneumonia.
is composed of hundreds of closely related

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