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* however, there is a logic to prepositions and prepositional phrases that students of English can learn
* however, there is a logic to prepositions and prepositional phrases that students of English can learn
* ex.
* ex.
** ''She arrived '''on''' time'' says something very different from ''She arrived '''in''' time''
**''She arrived '''on''' time'' says something very different from ''She arrived '''in''' time''
*** '''''on time''''' indicates she arrived at the scheduled or expected time
*** '''''on time''''' indicates she arrived at the scheduled or expected time
*** '''''in time''''' indicates she arrived before it was too late, likely that she arrived just before the event started
*** '''''in time''''' indicates she arrived before it was too late, likely that she arrived just before the event started
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*** '''in''' indicates the dish is inside the cage
*** '''in''' indicates the dish is inside the cage
*** '''''on the inside of''''' indicates the dish is attached to an inside wall of the cage
*** '''''on the inside of''''' indicates the dish is attached to an inside wall of the cage
** ''The meeting was rescheduled '''from''' Tuesday'' v. ''The meeting was rescheduled '''for''' Tuesday''
*** '''''from''''' indicates that the original time was Tuesday
*** '''''for''''' indicates that the meeting was changed to Tuesday