Can you tell me what a preposition is?

Answer 1

A part of the sentence that modifies the noun that is found after the verb.

Answer 2

First of all there are many types of preposition; prepositions of movement, prepositions of place, prepositions of time etc. etc...
They usually appear before nouns, (substantives) and make a connection between the verb and the noun.
e.g. She walked down the road. Here down is a preposition.
I could equally write; she walked to the road.
she walked across the road.
She walked along the road.
All these sentences change the relationship of walk with road. That is what prepositions do, they indicate the relationship between verb and noun.

Some grammars say that it is incorrect to put a preposition at the end of a sentence. I don't know which orifice they are talking out of. My last sentence ended on a preposition and it's a perfectly good sentence.

Some prepositions naturally go with particular nouns, especially those regarding expressions of time. e.g. on Monday, at the weekend, at 6 o'clock, in 1960, etc.

Hope this has helped.

Answer 3

There are about 150 prepositions in English. Yet this is a very small number when you think of the thousands of other words (nouns, verbs etc). Prepositions are important words. We use individual prepositions more frequently than other individual words. In fact, the prepositions of, to and in are among the ten most frequent words in English. Here is a short list of 70 of the more common one-word prepositions. Many of these prepositions have more than one meaning. Please refer to a dictionary for precise meaning and usage.

aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
amid
among
anti
around
as
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
besides
between
beyond
but
by
concerning
considering
despite
down
during
except
excepting
excluding
following
for
from
in
inside
into
like
minus
near
of
off
on
onto
opposite
outside
over
past
per
plus
regarding
round
save
since
than
through
to
toward
towards
under
underneath
unlike
until
up
upon
versus
via
with
within
without

Answer 4

When I was in school I learned a preposition is anywhere a mouse can go. This doesn't apply to all prepositions but most of them. Examples: up, down, across, over, around...

Answer 5

Prepositions tell of place as in or on or by his face

Answer 6

a preposition is a part of speech that indicates where something is or a direction.

Answer 7

It is a word that combines with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase.

Answer 8

i'm a touch at a loss for words. you would possibly want to truly say, "placed in". yet your unique question is about the verb "position", and also you would possibly want to no longer say that the city develop into "placed in" a waterfront section.

Answer 9

If you look at Wikipedia, you will find more than one meaning for it. It all depends on which context you put it in.

Answer 10

Look up a dictionary.