Long Prepositional Phrases

Pay attention to phrases that begin with prepositions:

Prepositions

about	above	around	across	after	against	along
among	as	as well as	at	between	before	behind
below	beneath	beside	besides	but	beyond	by
concerning	considering	despite	down	during	except	from
except for	in	into	in addition to	instead of	like	near
next	of (off)	on	opposite	out	over	past
respecting	round	since	than	through(out)	till	toward
under(neath)	unlike	until	up	upon	with(in)	without

If the prepositional phrase is disconnected from an independent clause, it is a fragment. Nothing different here: try connecting it to the preceding sentence.

Steven Segal couldn't convince the bad guys to leave town. Despite throwing them down a flight of steps, out a window, and into a waiting taxi.

[Correction: ... town, despite ... .]

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