Example sentences for: prepositions

How can you use “prepositions” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He found misplacement problems, mistakes in parallel structures, improper use of commas, wrong or missing prepositions, incorrect use of reflexive verbs, etc. “The Census Bureau,” he wrote, “has had 10 long years to get its forms straight.”

  • There are four appendices: Nautical Prepositions (many of which would be classed (also) as adverbs by a grammarian); Changed Spellings and Corrupted Word Forms; Nautical Terms Related to Human Anatomy; Nautical Terms Derived from the Land.

  • The first, Nautical Prepositions, includes aback, abeam, about, abox, a-cockbill, adrift, and other words that are adverbs, not prepositions, along with ahoy and a few others beginning with a -: evidently the author believes that many nautical words beginning with a- are prepositions, which is simply not the case.

  • Even prepositions could convey the impression of happenings.

  • This group includes conjunctions (an', 'n', 'cos) , prepositions (o', 'bout, b'tween) , common verb forms ('ave, spok'n, woz, wuz) and pronouns as shown in the table on the next page.


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