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Little but Important Words

In the English language we have approximately 70 simple prepositions. About half of them have two syllables (under, over, behind, without) or more (underneath, notwithstanding).

Here’s just a partial list of simple prepositions:

Simple Prepositions	Simple Prepositions	Simple Prepositions
about	between	onto
above	beyond	to
after	for	toward
against	in	under
at	into	up
before	of	upon
behind	off	with
beside	on	without

 

Notice that many of these words show location (on, off, behind, under, etc.), some show time (before, after), while others show less concrete relationships (of, for, to, with).

 

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