complement of preposition

complement of preposition (utfylling til en preposisjon): part of a prepositional phrase , i.e. the part that follows the preposition. The complement of a preposition is usually a noun phrase, e.g. in the office, of every week, from Italy. When we find other word classes as complement of a preposition, these words still have a nominal function (and may perhaps be regarded as nouns), e.g. by tomorrow, until then, from there. Likewise,-ing clauses and indirect questions may be the complement of a preposition, e.g. by adding milk, [a question] about how to get there.