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She searched among the stacks and on the shelves.

What is the object of the preposition among?

She

shelves

stacks

searched

User Jankya
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The answer is "stacks." That is the object of the phrase, and since a person is searching for something ON the shelf, they aren't searching for the shelf itself.

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