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What is a Preposition?
A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in asentence. The word or phrase that the
preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition.
A preposition
usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object
to the rest of the sentence as in the following examples:
The book is on the
table.
The book is beneath the
table.
The book is leaning against the
table.
The book is beside the
table.
She held the book over the
table.
She read the book during class.
In each of the
preceding sentences, a preposition locates the noun "book" in space
or in time.
A prepositional phrase is made up of the
preposition, its object and any associated adjectives or adverbs. A prepositional phrase can function as
a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. The most common prepositions are
"about," "above," "across," "after,"
"against," "along," "among," "around,"
"at," "before," "behind," "below,"
"beneath," "beside," "between,"
"beyond," "but," "by," "despite,"
"down," "during," "except," "for,"
"from," "in," "inside," "into,"
"like," "near," "of," "off,"
"on," "onto," "out," "outside,"
"over," "past," "since," "through,"
"throughout," "till," "to," "toward,"
"under," "underneath," "until," "up,"
"upon," "with," "within," and
"without."
Each of the highlighted words
in the following sentences is a preposition:
The children climbed the mountain without fear.
In this
sentence, the preposition "without" introduces the noun
"fear." The prepositional phrase "without fear" functions
as an adverb describing how the children climbed.
There was rejoicing throughout the
land when the government was defeated.
Here, the
preposition "throughout" introduces the noun phrase "the land." The
prepositional phrase acts as an adverb describing the location of the
rejoicing.
The spider crawled slowly along the
banister.
The preposition
"along" introduces the noun phrase "the banister" and the
prepositional phrase "along the banister" acts as an adverb,
describing where the spider crawled.
The dog is hiding under the
porch because it knows it will be punished for chewing up a
new pair of shoes.
Here the
preposition "under" introduces the prepositional phrase "under
the porch," which acts as an adverb modifying the compound verb "is hiding."
The screenwriter searched for the
manuscript he was certain was somewhere in his office.
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