Delivery Services Phrases

noun a person, place, thing, or idea. In this case, 'doorstep' is a noun referring to the area in front of someone's door.

pronoun a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g. I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g. she, it). In this case, 'someone's' is a possessive pronoun

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence. In this case, 'at' and 'on' are prepositions indicating location.

• The package was left at someone's doorstep by the delivery person.
• I found a stray cat on someone's doorstep this morning.
• I can't believe he showed up on her doorstep unannounced.
• The opportunity to start a new career landed on his doorstep unexpectedly.