Prepositions

Prepositions are words that connect nouns, pronouns, or phrases with other words in a sentence. They introduce or precede these nouns, pronouns, or phrases, which are known as the object of the preposition. Prepositions tell us if the object has a relationship of sequence, space, or logic with the rest of the sentence. They also […]

Prepositions show the relationships between the ideas, nouns, and verbs within a sentence. Mainly, prepositions show this connection via time, location, or purpose. Some prepositions, such as behind, above, before, and against, have somewhat straightforward uses – for example, behind pretty much always means the same thing.  However, the common prepositions in, on, and at […]

“The call is coming from inside the house!” “Look out behind you!” “Quick! Turn around!” Characters would have no chance of surviving a scary movie without prepositions, those basic words that connect pieces of information, nouns, or verbs within a sentence. Prepositions, the glue of a sentence, do more than tell you when a monster […]

Prepositions (in, of, at, on, to, etc.) are relationship words that link the different parts of a sentence and thus play an important role in language.  These words or groups of words are placed before nouns (Alice, school, the country, birds), pronouns (I, he, she, it, they, we), or noun phrases (a cute kitten, a […]