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>"Number of" is a prepositional phrase From http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/prepositionalphrase.htm http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/prepositionalphrase.htm : >At the minimum, a prepositional phrase will begin with a preposition "number" is not a preposition. The prepositional phrase is "of traders".