Prepositions

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A Preposition...

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Shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence. Some common prepositions include the following: about, before, by, during, on, and under. Prepositions formed from more than one word are compound prepositions. Some examples of compound prepositions are according to, in place of, because of, and instead of.

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A Prepositional phrase...

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A prepositional phrase is a group of words containing a preposition, a noun or pronoun object of the preposition, and any modifiers of the object.
A preposition sits in front of (is “pre-positioned” before) its object.

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The following words are the most commonly used prepositions:

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about
below
excepting
off
toward
above
beneath
for
on
under
across
beside(s)
from
onto
underneath
after
between
in
out
until
against
beyond
in front of
outside
up
along
but
inside
over
upon
among
by
in spite of
past
up to
around
concerning
instead of
regarding
with
at
despite
into
since
within
because of
down
like
through
without
before
during
near
throughout
with regard to
behind
except
of
to
with respect to