About
Prepositions are one part of the speech and tell the reader about relationships between words.
Prepositions show the relationship between:
- and words,
They illustrate four primary relationships:
- condition,
- direction
- location
- or time.
There are literally hundreds of prepositions. When writing, it's a good idea to have a list.
Even though knowing individual prepositions is important, prepositional phrases are used far more frequently.
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Example
- I found the hammer behind the toolbox. Behind because it shows location.
- The players stayed on the field in spite of the weather. On shows us again their position, in spite of (a three word preposition)
List
| aboard | because of | except | of | than | versus |
| about | before | excepting | off | through | via |
| above | behind | excluding | on | throughout | with |
| according to | below | following | on account of | to | within |
| across | beneath | for | onto | toward | without |
| after | beside besides | from | opposite | towards | |
| against | between | in | out | under | |
| along | beyond | inside | out of | underneath | |
| amid | but (meaning except) | in spite of | outside | unlike | |
| among | by | instead of into | over | until | |
| around | concerning | like | past | up | |
| as | considering | minus | per | upon | |
| at | despite | near | plus | ||
| atop | down | round | |||
| during | save since |