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Prepositions

Some common prepositions are:


	at			by			for

	from			in			into

	on			to			with

Prepositions are words that indicate the relationship of one word to another. Here are some examples with the prepositions underlined:

	Jill went go the store with Harry.

	Doug is standing by the big oak tree.

	Harry received a letter from Kris.

	Harry placed his snake in the terrarium.

Prepositions are words which show the relationship between words. This relationship is often spatial. For instance, a cat can stand by something, on something, near something, or inside something. The words by, on, near, and inside are all prepositions and they help to give you an idea of where the cat and another object are located compared to each other. A spatial relationship is based on the location of two objects. Here are some possible spatial relationships between a cat and a box.


	The cat is inside the box.

	The cat is near the box.

	The cat is on the box.

In each of these sentences the prepositions help to explain the spatial relationship between the cat and the box.

Prepositions can also show other kinds of relationships:


	Tom left after the last dance.

	Jill woke up at seven o'clock.

	Jane received the letter from Harry.

	They haven't eaten since the last stop.

        The park is next to the museum.
        
Relationships which have to do with the time that something happens or when something happens are called temporal relationships.

Here are a few more commonly used prepositions:


	after		before		following

	to		underneath	upon

	around		through		over

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