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English
Grammar
English:Prepositions
From Wikibooks,
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A Preposition is a word used to express some relation of different things
or thoughts from each other. Although overlooked in common speech, prepositional
phrases should not be placed at the end of a question: as,
"Who do I give this to?" This is incorrect; the preposition
is at the end of the question. When corrected, the sentence is: "To
whom do I give this?" Prepositional phrases can be placed at the
end of a sentence, however. See the following example:
"She did not sign up for tennis".
Prepositions are generally placed before a noun or a pronoun: as,
"The paper lies before me on the desk."
Commonly used English prepositions include:
about
above
across
after
against
along
amid(st)
among(st)
around
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside(s)
between
beyond
by
during
except
for
from
in
into
of
off
on
over
past
through
to
toward(s)
under(neath)
until
with(out)
See also: List of English prepositions
Some words are linked with their prepositions, e.g. compared with, similar
to, and different from (possibly different than in USA).
A part of the text in this article, was taken from the public domain
English grammar "The Grammar of English Grammars" by Goold Brown,
1851.
List of English prepositions
From Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
This is a list of English prepositions. In English, some prepositions
are short, typically containing five letters or fewer. There are, however,
a significant number of multi-word prepositions. Throughout the history
of the English language, new prepositions have come into use, old ones
fallen out of use, and the meaning of existing prepositions changed. Indeed,
prepositions are one of the most unstable parts of the lexicon in any
language.
Single-word
aboard
about
above
absent
across
after
against
along
alongside
amid
amidst
among
amongst
around
as
at
atop
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
besides
between
beyond
by
despite
down
during
following
for
from
in
inside
into
like
mid
near
nearest (as in "call for the location nearest you")
notwithstanding (also used postpositionally)
of
off
on
onto
opposite
out
outside
over
past
re
round
since
through
throughout
till
to
toward
towards
under
underneath
unlike
until
up
upon
via
with
within
without
Note that with in and with out are no longer grammatical, unlike in to
or on to and their contracted forms into and onto.
Multi-word
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Two words
according to
ahead of
because of
close to
due to
far from
in to (contracted as into)
inside of (note that inside out is an adjective, not a preposition)
instead of
on to (contracted as onto)
out of
outside of
near to
prior to
Three words
as far as
as well as
by means of
in accordance with
in addition to
in front of
in place of
in spite of
on behalf of
on top of
with regard to
Archaic or infrequently used
anti (loan word)
betwixt
circa (loan word)
cum (loan word)
in lieu of (loan word)
per (loan word)
qua (loan word)
sans (loan word)
unto (largely supplanted by to; used in some formal, religious, and/or
archaic contexts)
versus (loan word)
vis-á-vis (loan word)
Not fully grammaticized
concerning
considering
regarding
Preposition-like modifiers of quantified noun phrases
apart from
but
except
plus
save
Postpositions
ago as in "five years ago", sometimes considered an adverb rather
than a postposition
apart as in "this apart", also used prepositionally ("apart
from this")
aside as in "such examples aside", also used prepositionally
("aside from such examples")
away as in "five light years away", sometimes considered an
adverb or an adjective rather than a postposition
hence as in "five years hence", sometimes considered an adverb
rather than a postposition
notwithstanding also used prepositionally
on as in "five years on", also used prepositionally
through as in "the whole night through", also used prepositionally
withal archaic as a postposition meaning with
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