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	{{g}}{{pe}}A [[compound preposition]] — a [[prepositional phase]] for those with a yen to the adjectival — does the same job as a plain old [[preposition]], only more tediously. Therefore it is beloved of our old friend the [[mediocre lawyer\|mediocre attorney]].		{{g}}{{pe}}A [[compound preposition]] — a “[[prepositional phase]]”, for those with a yen to the [[Adjectivisation\|adjectival]] — does the same job as a plain old [[preposition]], only more tediously. Therefore it is beloved of our old friend the [[mediocre lawyer\|mediocre attorney]].

	We know that our legal brethren delight in perverting the ordinary use of words - [[nominalisation\|nominalising]] {{tag\|verb}}s into {{tag\|noun}}s, and so on, and the [[compound preposition]] is a neat way of co-opting {{tag\|noun}}s, {{tag\|conjunction}}s — all kinds — into the servile business of putting one noun in relation to another.		We know that our legal brethren delight in perverting the ordinary use of words - [[nominalisation\|nominalising]] {{tag\|verb}}s into {{tag\|noun}}s, and so on, and the [[compound preposition]] is a neat way of co-opting {{tag\|noun}}s, {{tag\|conjunction}}s — all kinds — into the servile business of putting one noun in relation to another.