Prepositions
Prepositions Prepositions are very common words. Seven of them are in the top 20 words in English. Prepositions link a word to another part of the sentence and tell us what the relationship is, for example in space or time. What is a Preposition? preposition (noun): a part-of-speech usually coming BEFORE a noun phrase and connecting it to another part of the sentence A preposition is one of the nine parts of speech . The name preposition (pre + position) means "place BEFORE". A preposition typically comes BEFORE another word —usually a noun phrase. It tells us about the relationship between the noun phrase and another part of the sentence. Some very common prepositions are: in, of, on, for, with, at, by Look at these example sentences: The book is on the round table . (relationship in space) We will meet in November . (relationship in time) I sent the information by email . (relationship of method) Several other relationships are expresse...