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== Preposition ==
== Preposition ==
* express relationship in time, place, or sequence
* creates a prepositional phrase, which:
* add information to a sentence  
** express relationship in time, place, or sequence
* can relate other word forms to one another, including nouns (usually), adjectives, and verbs
** 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:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"