Question

Read the sentence. New factories used machines and electricity in place of horses. What is the object of the preposition in place of

Answer 1

In the sentence "New factories used machines and electricity in place of horses," the object of the preposition in place of is horses.

An object of a preposition is the word which follows a preposition.

Prepositions refers to words which begin prepositional phrases.   A prepositional phrase consists of a group of words which contains a preposition, a noun or pronoun object of the preposition, and any modifiers of the object.

Answer 2

The object of the preposition is horses