Words similar to prepositions

Example sentences for: prepositions

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

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.
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.”
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.
' However, since French compounds tend to be rather explicit, and their components are generally strung together by all kinds of grammatical particles (conjunctions, prepositions, articles), this method often leads to tapewormish constructions, such as espace extra-atmosphérique for `outer space' or boucle en épingle à cheveux for `hairpin loop.
Then he has another set of rules derived from his high-school English teacher, Miss Martinet, about double negatives, final prepositions, and other unquestionables that have an aura of Mount Sinai.