PREPOSITIONS Prepositions are connecting words. Unlike nouns, verbs and modifiers, which may change form according to their meaning and use in a sentence, prepositions never change form. We use many prepositions with great frequency, but the entire list is relatively short. Here are the most common ones. about above across after against along among around as at before behind below beneath
beside besides between beyond but (except) by concerning despite down during except for from in
inside into like near of off on onto out outside over past regarding round
since through throughout to toward under underneath unlike until up upon with within without
A preposition shows a relationship between two words in a sentence; it is a connecting word.
Direction = to
into
across
toward
down
above
among
at on
beside over
through
toward
around in under
Time =
after
before
during
until
since
but with
for
from
of
Other =
against to
Location = between by
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