Examples of 'preposition' in a sentence

Meaning of "preposition"

preposition (noun) - A word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relationship with another word in the sentence
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  • Any of a class of non-inflecting words typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.
  • An adposition.
  • A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
  • To place in a location before some other event occurs.

How to use "preposition" in a sentence

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This preposition functions like accusative case.
I did not learn what a preposition was that day.
A preposition can also have an abstract meaning.
Our roommate ended a sentence with a preposition.
The preposition is not temporal in this case.
You ended that sentence with a preposition.
The preposition sam means one state of being.
Both of these are preceded by the relevant preposition.
Para is a preposition that means by the side of.
You do not end a sentence with a preposition.
A prepositional phrase is a group of words introduced by a preposition.
Now the layers are eliminated by this preposition.
Except is a preposition that means apart from.
Hyphenate nouns composed of participle plus preposition.
We use the preposition by to say who does something.

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See again you insist on ending in a preposition.
A preposition is something never to end a sentence with.
The same ambiguity pertains to the preposition ἐκ.
The preposition is a green crescent to symbolize a bridge.
The adjective good is followed by the preposition at.
The preposition is a very important word here.
It is often used incorrectly as a preposition in place of because of.
Simple preposition consists of only one word.
The adjective proud is followed by the preposition of.
The preposition is dropped when there is no object.
Do not use immediately following a verb or preposition.
That was the noblest preposition you ever dangled.
We can use a relative pronoun with a preposition.
A preposition here some punctuation there.
I finished the last sentence with a preposition.
You can omit the preposition in this phrase.
The adjective scared is followed by the preposition of.
Verb plus preposition plus the passive voice.
And the same goes for the preposition at.
The preposition em is equivalent to this ending.
Try to avoid ending a sentence with a preposition.
Preposition must always be used with this case.
An objective refers to a recipient or object of a verb or preposition.
You can omit the preposition in this sentence.
Your last sentence ended with a preposition.
You have omitted the preposition in this sentence.
Try to avoid ending a clause with a preposition.
Zero preposition refers to the nonstandard omission of a preposition.
The particle can be an adverb or a preposition or both.
An accusative preposition na has been proposed and is widely recognized.
Words if you count the preposition.
Each preposition has an assigned case.
It would be hard to find a preposition to put before years.
The preposition is allowed to be so abstract and.
A combination of verb and preposition is called a phrasal verb.

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