The Prepositional phrases just like prepositions link words in a sentence. Prepositional phrases are composed of two or more words. The words can be: nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs or prepositions. We will discuss the most common prepositional phrases.
In this lesson we will study the following prepositional phrases: à la faveur de/en faveur de, à la merci de, à l’encontre de, à l’exception de and à l’insu de.
à la faveur de
“à la faveur” de means “owing to” or “with the help of” or “thanks to”. It is always followed with a noun.
For example:
Les gens deviennent de plus en plus connectés
à la faveur du développement technologique.
People are more and more connected thanks to technological development.