A preposition is a word (or word group) used in front of a noun or a pronoun to form a phrase that modifies some other word in the sentence.
The paperwork has been piled onto the file cabinet. (The preposition onto begins a phrase that acts as an adverb modifying the verb has been piled.)
Prepositional Phrase
A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition, the object of that preposition, and the modifiers of the object.
The flowers on the luncheon table are wilted. (preposition on, object table, and modifiers the and luncheon)
| Common Prepositions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| aboard | about | above | according to | across |
| across from | after | against | ahead of | along |
| alongside | alongside of | along with | amid | among |
| apart from | around | as | as for | aside from |
| at | away from | back of | because of | before |
| behind | below | beneath | beside | besides |
| between | beyond | by | by means of | concerning |
| considering | contrary to | despite | down | down from |
| due to | during | except | except for | excepting |
| for | from | from among | from between | from under |
| in | in addition to | in back of | in behalf of | in case of |
| in front of | in place of | in regard to | inside | inside of |
| in spite of | instead of | into | like | near |
| near to | notwithstanding | of | off | on |
| on account of | on behalf of | onto | on top of | opposite |
| out | out of | outside | outside of | over |
| over to | owing to | past | prior to | regarding |
| round | round about | save | since | subsequent to |
| together with | through | throughout | till | to |
| toward | under | underneath | unlike | until |
| unto | up | upon | up to | via |
| with | within | without | ||
(From Write for Business, page 252, and Proofreader's Guide PDF, page 64)
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