Question

what are prepositions? state the uses of prepositions?

Answer 1

Preposition :

❀Preposition is a word placed before a noun or a pronoun to govern its relation to some preceding noun or pronoun.

❀ Prepositions are words that are used before nouns to show how that noun is related to something else in a sentence. Usually, prepositions are used to show location , position or time. Prepositions can be of many kinds.

Example:-

1. The pen is in the inkpot.

2. We depend on you.

3. The ship is sailing to the shore

4. Cut the rope with a knife.

5. The traveller sat under a tree.

Each word in bold type is used before and noun or pronoun. It governs the relation of this noun or pronoun with the preceding noun or pronoun.

1. The word- in -shows the relation of inkpot with pen.

.2. The word - on- shows the relation of you with we.

3. The word - to - shows the relation of shore with ship.

4. The word - with - shows the relation of knife with rope.

5. The word-under-shows the relation of tree with traveller.

Kinds of Preposition:

Prepositions are of three types :

1. Simple Prepositions

2. Compound Prepositions

3. Participial Prepositions.

Simple Prepositions

Simple prepositions are simple short words that have not been derived from any other words ; as :

at, by, down, for, from, in, of, near, on, out, over, since, through, till, to, under, up, with.

Compound Prepositions

Compound prepositions are compound words formed by putting up prefixes before nouns and adjectives etc. ; as :

Compound prepositions are compound words formed by putting up prefixes before nouns and adjectives etc. ; as :about, above,  across,  among,  around,  before, behind, below, beneath,  between, beyond, inside, into, outside, until, within,  without, beside, onto , upto.

Participial Prepositions

Participial prepositions are present participles in form but they are used as prepositions ; as :

considering, concerning, pending, permitting, owing, during, regarding notwithstanding .

Use of some prepositions :

(a) By, with

By is used with the agent or doer of an action while with is used with the instrument used to perform an action;as:

1. The boy was beaten by the teacher

2. The boy was beaten with a stick.

(b) Between, Among

Between is used in regard to two persons or things while among in regard to more than two persons are things ; as :

1. The property was divided between the two brothers.

2.Sweets were distributed among the children.

(c)Beside , besides

Beside means by the side of while besides means addition

(d) At, in, on

In regard to place-

At is used with villages and small towns.

In is used with big towns, districts, states, and countries.

On is used with the surface of an object

In regard to time-

At is used with clock time, noon, night

In is used with morning, afternoon, evening, months, weeks, and years.

On is used with days and dates

(e) In , into

In is used in regard to rest inside but into for motion inside.

(f) On, upob

On is used in regard to rest on a surface, but upon involves motion.

(g) In, after, within

In is used for just the end of a period, but after denotes the passing of this period while within means before that period.

(h) Since, for

Since is used with point of time while for with period of time

(I) Till, by

Till means up to while by means not later than

(J) Over, above

Over and above both mean at a higher level but above denotes vertical height while over implies motion also

(K) Under, below

Under is the opposite of over while below of above.

Answer 2

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Words that link certain nouns, pronouns, and moreover, the phrases to other words in a sentence are termed as prepositions.

They technically describe

• the position of a particular thing,

• the time when some thing has been done or simply happens, and

• the way in which something is going to be done or has been done.

NOTE : Some prepositions like "of", "to" as well as "for" have some separate functions.

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Well, prepositions are always used to indicate some particular relationship of a noun or phrase to something else.

• There must be a subject and verb before any preposition and it should always be followed with a noun and should never be followed by a verb.

Furthermore, prepositions can sometimes be used to end up sentences.

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Prepositions are either used to describe time or positions as mentioned above.

1. Preposition of time

Prepositions are often used to describe the position of a particular thing like for example,

=> “The cup is placed over the table”.

2. Preposition of position

Certain prepositions (in daily life as well) indicates the time in many ways, like fir example,

=> At - The plane is departing at 07.30 A.M.