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The Writing Center Presents: Prepositions Developed by Keith Evans

What are Prepositions? A preposition is a word that links a phrase, usually a noun or a pronoun, to the rest of the the sentence. A preposition introduces an object of the sentence and identifies its location. A preposition can also be used to denote when something happened. An easy way to remember this is to look at the word preposition and realize it has the word “position” in it.

Rules Concerning Prepositions A preposition is always used to define the relationship between other words in a sentence. The part of a sentence following a preposition is called a prepositional phrase. A preposition must be followed by a noun, never a verb. Add -ing to the end of a verb to make it a gerund (verb in noun form) It is grammatically incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition.

Special Rules The word “to” is often used as a preposition. However, unlike normal prepositions, it can be used in front of verbs. When this happens, “to” is no longer a preposition, but rather a part of the infinitive of the verb “to go.” –I.e. I am going to run.

Forming a Prepositional Phrase A preposition should always come in front of the prepositional phrase. Preposition + Optional modifiers (i.e.. A, the, etc.) + Object (Noun, pronoun or gerund). Some prepositions can also acts as subordinating conjunctions. These prepositions will be followed by a subject and a verb.

Common Prepositions There are over 100 prepositions in the English language. Because there are so many possible locations, spatial prepositions are among the most numerous. The most common are: At On Up In Around Before Behind Under Over Outside

Temporal Prepositions Denoting a specific point in time: –On (used with days) –At (A time of day) –In/within (a duration of time) –By ( a deadline) “For” is used to measure time. “Since” denotes a specific date or time in the past.

Other Common Prepositions To denote the object of a verb –At –Of –For Movement: –Towards –To Not all movement or locations require prepositions: –Down/Upstairs –Home –In/Outside –Down/uptown

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