The boy by the window is a dork.
The word by in the sentence above is a preposition. By shows the relationship of the word boy to the nounwindow.
Here are some (45) commonly used prepositions:
about
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before
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during
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off
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to
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above
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behind
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for
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on
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toward
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across
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below
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from
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onto
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under
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after
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beneath
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in
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out
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until
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against
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beside
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inside
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outside
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up
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along
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between
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into
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over
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upon
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among
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beyond
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like
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since
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with
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around
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by
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near
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through
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within
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at
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down
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of
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throughout
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without
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But wait, it gets even more complicated! Some prepositions consist of more than one word…..uhg!
Kate likes Sawyer instead of Jack!
Here are some (12) common compound prepositions:
according to
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aside from
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in front of
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instead of
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across from
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because of
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in place of
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on account of
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along with
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far from
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in spite of
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on top of
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Now…the moment you’ve been waiting for…..the REALLY tricky part: prepositional phrases!
A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun in the headword position, called the object of the preposition. Prepositional phrases, as a whole unit, act like either an adjective or an adverb…..ai carumba! The following three sentences each have two prepositional phrases.
The painting near you is by a Brazilian artist.
The dog across the street ran in front of the car.
The dork in front of you is really into grammar exercises.
