Defination of Prepositions
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Prepositions show direction, location, or time, or introduce an object. They are usually followed by an object—a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun. The most common prepositions are little and very common:
at, by, for, from, in, of, on, to, with
Also common are:
about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, because of, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, close to, down, during, except, inside, instead of, into, like, near, off, on top of, onto, out of, outside, over, past, since, through, toward, under, until, up, upon, within, without
Prepositions typically show how the noun, noun phrase, or pronoun is related to another word in the sentence.
a friend of mine
the dress with the stripes
hit by a ball
no one except me
A preposition is a word that shows relation between noun or pronoun and the other words in a sentence