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Unit 12: Prepositions

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Examples: About, into, for, to, towards, etc.
Prepositions typically come before a noun:

Examples: 1. after session
2. at home
3. before Thursday
4. in University
5. on fi re
6. with pleasure
A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest
of the sentence.

Examples: 1. The book is on the table.
2. The book is beside the table.
3. She read the book during class.
In each of the preceding sentences, a preposition locates the noun “book” in space or in time.

12.2 Simple and Compound Preposition

Prepositions are classified as simple or compound.

12.2.1 Simple Prepositions

Simple prepositions are single word prepositions. These are all showed above.

Example: The book is on the table.

12.2.2 Compound Prepositions

Compound prepositions are more than one word.

Examples: 1. in between and because of are prepositions made up of two words
2. in front of, on behalf of are prepositions made up of three words.
1. The book is in between War and Peace and The Lord of the Rings.
2. The book is in front of the clock.

12.3 Prepositions of Time

As the name suggest, prepositions of time suggest the relationship in terms of time. They can be
of two types, viz.,
1. The ones that show one point in time and
2. The ones which show an extended period of time.
3. Let us take each one of them one by one.

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