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PREPOSITIONS
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WHAT IS A PREPOSITION? PREPOSITIONS WORK IN COMBINATION WITH A NOUN OR PRONOUN TO CREATE PHRASES THAT MODIFY VERBS, NOUNS/PRONOUNS, OR ADJECTIVES. PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES CONVEY A SPATIAL, TEMPORAL, OR DIRECTIONAL MEANING HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=5ZEY0YIP8X4
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COMMON PREPOSITIONS ABOARD, ABOUT, ABOVE, ACROSS, AFTER, AGAINST, ALONG, AMID, AMONG, AROUND, AT, BEFORE, BEHIND, BELOW, BENEATH, BESIDE, BETWEEN, BEYOND, BY, DOWN, DURING, EXCEPT, FOR, FROM, IN, INTO, LIKE, NEAR, OF, OFF, ON, ONTO, OUT, OVER, PAST, SINCE, THROUGH, THROUGHOUT, TO, TOWARD, UNDER, UNDERNEATH, UNTIL, UNTO, UP, UPON, WITH, WITHIN, WITHOUT
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PREPOSITIONS FOR TIME AND PLACE ONE POINT IN TIME -ON IS USED WITH DAYS -AT IS USED WITH TIME OF DAY -IN IS USED WITH PARTS OF THE DAY, MONTHS, YEARS AND SEASONS EXTENDED TIME -USE SINCE, FOR, BY, FROM-TO, FROM- UNTIL, DURING WITH(IN) PLACE -TO TALK ABOUT THE POINT ITSELF USE IN -TO EXPRESS SOMETHING CONTAINED, USE INSIDE -TO TALK ABOUT THE SURFACE, USE ON -TO TALK ABOUT A GENERAL VICINITY, USE AT
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PREPOSITIONS FOR INTRODUCING OBJECTS HIGHER THAN A POINT OVER ABOVE LOWER THAN A POINT UNDER UNDERNEATH BENEATH BELOW CLOSE TO A POINT NEAR BY NEXT TO BETWEEN AMONG OPPOSITE
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TO INTRODUCE OBJECTS OF VERBS AT GLANCE, LAUGH, LOOK, REJOICE, SMILE, STARE FOR CALL, HOPE, LOOK, WAIT, WATCH, WISH OF CONSIST, APPROVE, SMELL OF(OR ABOUT) DREAM, THINK
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