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== Preposition == | == Preposition == | ||
* express relationship in time, place, or sequence | * creates a prepositional phrase, which: | ||
* | ** express relationship in time, place, or sequence | ||
* | ** adds information to a sentence | ||
** relate to other word forms to one another, including nouns (usually), adjectives, and verbs | |||
* list of prepositions: | |||
''about, above, according to, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, by, down, during, except, for, from, in, in front of, inside, instead of, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto, out of, outside, over, past, since, through, to, toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, within, without'' | |||
* categories of prepositions: | * categories of prepositions: | ||
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