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Graphic Representations of prepositions
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in
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above
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below
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Above and below
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through
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between
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Over He walked over the hill The bird flew over the field The plane flew over the hill He climbed over the fence Inspired by “Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things” George Lakoff
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Over The car drove over the bridge
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On and in Taken from “Cognitive English Grammar” by Gunter Radden and Rene Dirven
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Places: In, On, At, Surfaces: On the floor On the wall On the page On the menu On a bus On Kernan Street the store the mall school my hotel the bar At work AT IN City: in Bangkok Country: in the USA In a field In the backyard ON
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Why in and at In At Think of it as a point Think of it as an area
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Time: In, On, At, Time: 8 am, noon, 6 pm At night AT ON IN Days of the week: Monday, Tuesday… Dates : on the 25 th, on the first Month and Date: On September 20 th Holidays: on Christmas, On Valentine's day Months: in February Years: in 2011 Decades: in the 80s Centuries: in the 21 st century In the morning In the afternoon In the evening
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In, at, on In the morning, I wrote several emails, attended a meeting, and completed the report In the afternoon I left work early and went to the dentist. In the evening, I made dinner, studied English, and watched Friends. 12 pm noon About 5 or 6 pm At 3 pm He went to a meeting at 3. On Saturday
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In Sometimes we use in to emphasize we are indoors I was in the building I am in my hotel Maybe its raining outside
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Why are you there? In School In the hospital At the school At the hospital
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Take it easy On vacation On holiday On break
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Positions Next to To the left of/to the right of
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Positions behind
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Positions In front of
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Positions Across from (across the street from opposite
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Position On 1 st street
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Position On the corner of ____ and ______
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