Preposition Definition
• A preposition:
• is a word that connects a noun, pronoun, or phrase to other words in a sentence
• is a word that can indicate direction, location, or time
• is either a:
• simple preposition consisting of one word
• compound preposition consisting of two words
• compound preposition consisting of three words
• usually comes before a noun
• usually not placed at the end of a sentence unless part of a phrasal verb
• The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition
Preposition Types
• direction preposition
• used to show movement from one place to another
• location preposition
• used to show a specific place
• time preposition
• used to show a point in time or a length of time
Preposition Examples
• The following words are simple prepositions consisting of one word
• aboard, about, above, absent, across, after, against, along, alongside, amid, amidst, among, amongst, around, as, aslant, astride, at, athwart, atop, barring, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, besides, between, beyond, but, by, despite, down, during, except, failing, following, for, from, in, inside, into, like, mid, minus, near, next, notwithstanding, of, off, on, onto, opposite, out, outside, over, past, per, plus, regarding, round, save, since, than, through, throughout, till, times, to, toward, towards, under, underneath, unlike, until, up, upon, via, with, within, without
• The following words are compound prepositions consisting of two words
• according to, ahead of, along with, as for, as per, as to, aside from, because of, close to, due to, except for, far from, inside of, instead of, near to, next to, out of, outside of, owing to, prior to, pursuant to, regardless of, subsequent to
• The following words are compound prepositions consisting of three words
• as far as, as well as, by means of, in accordance with, in addition to, in case of, in front of, in lieu of, in place of, in spite of, on account of, on behalf of, on top of
