A practical english grammar - Vyssaja skola 1978
Prepositional phrases as noun modifiers
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The number of expressions used as prepositions in English numbers about fifty, and the number of meanings expressed is very large. Prepositional phrases frequently occur as noun modifiers; they normally follow the noun:
some people from Philadelphia
books for children
a column of stone
a clerk in that store
the meeting after school
a light in the window
In the case of a few stereotyped expressions, a prepositional phrase may precede its noun. When this happens, the phrase is usually written with hyphens between the words.
an out-of-date hat
an off-the-cuff remark