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

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.

b. failure at least that one seems the most negative out of all of the answers provided pls correct me if i'm wrong. : ))

the answer to the blank is recite