The (Pretty Good) Prepositions Page:
To be confused about when to use the word "preposition" and when to use "proposition" can lead to more trouble than you need.
Protect yourself from unwanted law suits and other inconveniences by learning the meaning of "preposition."
I will help with "preposition" but you can go elsewhere to find out about "proposition", and I suggest you hurry!
Prepositions are words that connect.
There are about forty six prepositions in English.
In addition to the examples below, all the red words you see on this page are prepositions. You're welcome.
Here are a few examples: to, from, in, over, etc. .
For your own amusement, edification, and general well being, you may view the entire list of prepositions by clicking on Preposition List.
Prepositions connect a word to some part of a sentence.
The word that gets connected is called the object of the preposition.
On this page, all blue words are objects of prepositions. (What a great idea!)
Together they form the prepositional phrase.
The red words in these examples are prepositions, and the blue words are their objects.
Let's go to the mall.
I'm from Brooklyn.
Put the dead goldfish into the toilet.
If you got this far, you deserve a break. It was sent in by Brad Winkler who deserves our thanks.
Preposition Poem
Until by into after from
Across against with toward on
Among around along of to
Beside beyond below at through
Upon in for beneath between
Behind before without within
Up over under down about
Since underneath except throughout
Like during on account of as
Because of above according to near
In addition to by means of aside from aboard
Out of instead of in place of past
What you do now, see, is memorize it. When you get to your next party or other gathering, just spout it off. You will get amazing reactions. Mostly positive. Probably.
Thanks to alert Gail Couchman who noticed I had mistakenly put this poem on the "Pronoun" page; and to equally alert, Jenny Ling who got me to change it from "pronoun" to "preposition."
OK, now go find out about proposition.
To return to Step Two, please click : Step Two.
