GRAMMAR REVIEW #2 PREPOSITIONS

PREPOSITION A WORD THAT SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A NOUN OR A PRONOUN AND ANOTHER WORD IN THE SENTENCE WHAT IS A PREPOSITION?

THINK!!!!! PREPOSTION = A WORD THAT SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A NOUN OR A PRONOUN AND ANOTHER WORD IN THE SENTENCE PIG = NOUN PUDDING = OTHER WORD The pig in the pudding… The pig next to the pudding… The pig under the pudding… The pig with the pudding…

EXAMPLES: PREPOSITIONS A BROAD A BOUT A BOVE A CROSS A FTER A GAINST A LONG A MONG A ROUND A S A T B EFORE B EHIND B ELOW B ENEATH B ESIDE B ETWEEN B EYOND B UT ( EXCEPT ) B Y D ESPITE D OWN D URING E XCEPT F OR F ROM I N I NSIDE I NTO L IKE N EAR O F O FF O N O NTO O PPOSITE O UT O UTSIDE O VER P AST S INCE T HROUGH T HROUGHOUT T ILL T O T OWARD U NDER U NDERNEATH U NTIL U P U PON W ITH W ITHIN W ITHOUT

EXAMPLES: COMPOUND PREPOSITIONS A CCORDING TO A HEAD OF A PART FROM A S OF A SIDE FROM B ECAUSE OF B Y MEANS OF I N ADDITION TO I N BACK OF I N FRONT OF I N PLACE OF I N SPITE OF I NSTEAD OF I N VIEW OF N EXT TO O N ACCOUNT OF O N TOP OF O UT OF P RIOR TO

PREPOSITIONS MUST BE PART OF A PHRASE!!!!!

PHRASE = GROUP OF WORDS THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN A SUBJECT AND A VERB PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE = ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS BEGINS WITH PREPOSITION AND ENDS WITH A NOUN OR A PRONOUN PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

PREPSOTIONAL PHRASES  PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE = BEGINS WITH A PREPOSITION AND ENDS WITH A NOUN/PRONOUN  throughout the meatloaf  among the chickens  NO LIMIT ON MODIFIERS!!!!  under the leathery, large, yet amiable hippo  apart from the rotten, moldy, smelly cheese

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES  You can have a COMPOUND OBJECT OF PREPOSITION ending a prepositional phrase!  Because Mookie is planning a trip to Maryland, Michigan, and Mars, he needs ninety-two pairs of socks.  ANY NUMBER OF PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES IN SENTENCE!!!!  PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES GO ANYWHERE IN SENTENCE!!

CAUTION #1  “TO” IS NOT ALWAYS A PREPOSITION “TO” WITH A VERB = AN INFINITIVE IT IS HARD TO PLAY THE FIDDLE WHILE YOU TWIDDLE YOUR THUMBS. CAUTION!!!!

CAUTION #2  SOMETIMES A WORD CAN BE A PREPOSITION IN ONE SENTENCE AND AN ADVERB IN ANOTHER.  ADVERB = TELLS WHEN, WHERE, WHY, OR TO WHAT EXTENT ABOUT A VERB, ADJECTIVE, OR ANOTHER ADVERB  REMEMBER: A PREPOSITION ALWAYS BEGINS A PHRASE THAT ENDS IN A NOUN OR A PRONOUN CAUTION!!!!

CAUTION: ADVERBS VS. PREPOSITIONS  EXAMPLE (preposition): The bee buzzed inside Vladimir’s ear.  EXAMPLE (adverb): The bee buzzed inside.  EXAMPLE(preposition): Ronald just fell off the turnip truck.  EXAMPLE (adverb): Ronald fell off.