Prepositions

Prepositions

A preposition is a word which precedes a noun (or a pronoun) to show the noun's (or the pronoun's) relationship to another word in the sentence. (The word preposition comes from the idea of being positioned before. It is not true to say that a preposition always precedes a noun or a pronoun, but it does most of the time.)

The following are all prepositions:

above, about, across, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, since, to, toward, through, under, until, up, upon, with and within. 

A preposition sits before a noun (or a pronoun) to show the noun's relationship to another word in the sentence. (If that explanation is too complicated, it might help you to think of a preposition as a word which describes anywhere a mouse could go.) The name “preposition” (pre + position) means “place before”. Prepositions
usually come before another word, usually a noun or noun phrase:
• noun
• pronoun
• noun phrase
• gerund (verb in -ing form)

If a preposition does not come before another word, it is still closely linked to
another word:
• Who did you talk to?
• To whom did you talk?
• I talked to Jane.

Many prepositions can also be adverbs:
• They are in the kitchen. preposition
• Please come in. adverb

A few prepositions can also be conjunctions:
• Everyone came but Tara. preposition
• I asked her but she didn’t answer. conjunction

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