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2. WHAT IS A PREPSOTION? A PREPOSITION IS A WORD OR PHRASE TYPICALLY BEFORE A SUBSTANTIVE AND INDICATING THE RELATION OF THAT SUBSTANCE TO A VERB, AN ADJECTIVE, OR ANOTHER SUBSTANTIVE. EXAMPLE: AT, BY, WITH, FROM, AND IN -DICTIONARY.COM

3. SO WHAT IS A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE? A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE IS A PHRASE CONSISTING OF A PREPOSITION, ITS OBJECT, WHICH IS USUALLY A NOUN OR A PRONOUN, AND ANY MODIFIERS OF THE OBJECT. -DICTIONARY.COM A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE IS A PHRASE CONSISTING OF A PREPOSITION, ITS OBJECT, WHICH IS USUALLY A NOUN OR A PRONOUN, AND ANY MODIFIERS OF THE OBJECT. -DICTIONARY.COM A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE INCLUDES A PREPOSITION AND THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION. A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE INCLUDES A PREPOSITION AND THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION.

4. SOME COMMON PREPOSITIONS ABOUT ABOUT ABOVE ABOVE ACROSS ACROSS AFTER AFTER AGAINST AGAINST ALONG ALONG AMONG AMONG AROUND AROUND AT AT BEFORE BEFORE BEHIND BEHIND BELOW BELOW BENEATH BENEATH BESIDE BESIDE BETWEEN BETWEEN BEYOND BEYOND BUT BUT OVER OVER PAST PAST SINCE SINCE THROUGH THROUGH THOUGHOUT THOUGHOUT TIL TIL TO TO TOWARD TOWARD UNDER UNDER UNDERNEATH UNDERNEATH UNTIL UNTIL UP UP UPON UPON WITH WITH WITHIN WITHIN WITHOUT WITHOUT BY BY DESPITE DESPITE DOWN DOWN DURING DURING EXCEPT EXCEPT FOR FOR FROM FROM IN IN INSIDE INSIDE INTO INTO LIKE LIKE NEAR NEAR OF OF OFF OFF ON ON ONTO ONTO OUT OUT OUTSIDE OUTSIDE

5. Sometimes the object of preposition is right after the preposition. Preposition Object of the Preposition with me at home at home nearthere nearthere Or, it can come a few words later Or, it can come a few words later Preposition Object of the Preposition insidethe huge ugly brown box due to the terrible weather in back of the huge house

6. 4 uses of prepositions 1. Location Many prepositions tell where something is in relation to something else. *Example: The cat hid under the table. 1. Location Many prepositions tell where something is in relation to something else. *Example: The cat hid under the table. -Other prepositions that show location are: in, on, inside, above, and near. 2. Direction Other prepositions tell where something is going. *Example: The car drove to the cafe. 2. Direction Other prepositions tell where something is going. *Example: The car drove to the cafe. -Other prepositions that tell direction are: around, beside, and past. 3. Time A few prepositions help to tell time in a sentence. *Example: During the race, Bob's shoelace came untied. 3. Time A few prepositions help to tell time in a sentence. *Example: During the race, Bob's shoelace came untied. 4. Relationship Other prepositions show the relationships between a noun (or pronoun) and another word. *Example: That poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe. 4. Relationship Other prepositions show the relationships between a noun (or pronoun) and another word. *Example: That poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe.-http://www.einfoweb.com/grammar/preps/four.html

7. The dolphin is above the soup. The dolphin is in the soup. The dolphin is behind the soup.

8. Charles is working in the garden.