Question

Identify the compound preposition.

You may substitute margarine in place of butter.
in place of
you may substitute
margarine in place
of butter

Answer 1

''In place of'' because A compound preposition is basically a preposition made by combining the preposition with a noun, an adjective or an adverb to create a preposition

Answer 2

The answer to the question above would be that the compound preposition is the following one: in place of.

Compound prepositions are those prepositions which consist of more than one word, yet they do the same as one word prepositions. That is, they explain a relationship or show location. Other examples of compound prepositions are in front of, according to, at the time of and so on.