Talk:in view
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Status as a compound preposition
[change]It is difficult to see whether in view is actually a compound preposition, although that is the analysis favoured here. The alternative is a "layered head analysis" (See CGEL p. 620). Under such an analysis, in view is a prepositional phrase (PP) composed of a preposition and a noun functioning as its complement. This entire PP then takes a complement, usually another PP as in the following tree with the example of in case:--Brett 13:26, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
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[change]Maybe it's an expression. Victor Bob [talk] 14:08, 22 December 2023 (UTC)