Prepositional Phrase Identification
The sentence provided is: "He succeeded by dint of perseverance and sheer hard work." The task is to identify the word class of the underlined phrase.
Phrase Analysis
The underlined phrase is "by dint of perseverance and sheer hard work".
- The key part of this phrase is the idiomatic expression "by dint of". This expression functions as a compound preposition, similar to prepositions like 'because of' or 'by means of'.
- The phrase "perseverance and sheer hard work" acts as the object of this prepositional unit.
- A phrase that begins with a preposition (or a prepositional idiom) and includes its object is classified as a prepositional phrase.
- While this specific prepositional phrase describes *how* he succeeded (functioning adverbially), its grammatical structure identifies it as a prepositional phrase.
Therefore, the underlined phrase belongs to the word class of a prepositional phrase.
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