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Prepositions

 

A preposition usually  shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another part of a sentence.

 

There are many prepositions, including:

 

about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, as, at, before,

 

behind, below, beneath, between, beyond, beside, besides, by, down,

 

during, except, from, for, in, inside, into, like, near, next, of, off, on, out,

 

out of, outside, over, past, round, since, than, through, till, to,  toward,

 

towards, under, underneath, unless, until, upon, up, with, within,

 

without

 

Examples:

 

My pencil is under my desk by my foot.

 

Martha drove from LA to NY.