A preposition is expresses a relationship between a noun or a pronoun and another word in a sentence.
Dawn showed faintly in east. [The preposition in relates the noun east to showed.]
The people of the town stirred. [The preposition of relates the noun town to people.
Below is a chart of common prepositions:
along between of to among beyond off toward around by on under as despite onto underneath at down out until before during outside up behind except over upon below for past with beneath from since within beside in through without besides near till A compound preposition is a preposition that consists of more than one word. Her is a chart of frequently used compound prepositions:
according to because of in place of instead of as of by means of in regard to on account of as well as in addition to in respect to out of aside from in front of inspite of prior to Norma received a card in addition to the coral necklace.
A preposition is usually followed by a noun or a pronoun, called the object of the preposition Together, the preposition, the object, and the modifiers of that object form a prepositional phrase.
Be careful under the dock. [under=preposition; dock= object]
Objects will always answer what? or whom?