List Of English Prepositions Pdf

This is a list of English prepositions. Many English prepositions are compounds of bare roots and affixes such as a-, be-, -side, and -st, giving English a relatively high number of morphemically distinct prepositions. However, these processes are no longer productive, and many of these prepositions have fallen out of use or become limited to a certain dialect. English prepositions generally remain a closed class.

Some tricky verb/ preposition combinations. So, now that we have a working list of the most common prepositions in Spanish, let’s look at some of the verb/ preposition combinations that tend to be more difficult for English speakers. A lot of verbs in Spanish take a specific preposition. For example: Empezar a – to start; Acabar de – to finish.

  • 2Multiple words

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  1. What is Preposition and types of Prepositions with examples + Free PDF: Prepositions have its own importance in English grammar. Preposition rules, uses, and types of Prepositions plays a prime role in written English.
  2. 50 Common Prepositions about above across after against along among around at before behind below beneath beside between beyond but (meaning except) by concerning down during except for from in inside into like near of off on onto out outside over past regarding since through to toward(s) under underneath until.

Some single words[edit]

List Of English Prepositions Pdf

Prepositions

  • absent (law)
  • across
    • cross (archaic)
  • against
    • 'gainst, gainst (poetic or archaic); again, gain (archaic)
  • along
    • 'long (abbreviation), alongst (archaic)
  • amid
    • amidst, mid, midst (poetic or archaic);
  • among
    • amongst (in US English poetic or archaic)
    • 'mong, mong, 'mongst (abbreviations)
  • apropos (rare for apropos of)
  • apud (formal)
  • around
    • 'round, round (abbreviations)
  • at
    • @ (abbreviation)
  • atop
    • ontop (nonstandard)
  • before
    • afore (dialectal or archaic)
    • B4 (abbreviation)
  • behind
    • ahind (dialectal or archaic)
  • below
    • ablow, allow (dialectal or archaic)
  • beneath
    • 'neath, neath (dialectal or archaic)
  • between
    • atween (dialectal or archaic)
  • beyond
    • ayond (dialectal or archaic)
  • chez (rare)
  • circa
    • c., ca. (abbreviations)
  • dehors (law)
  • despite
    • spite (abbreviation)
  • for
    • 4 (abbreviation)
  • near
    • nearer (comparative), nearest (superlative)
    • anear (archaic)
  • notwithstanding (also postpositional)
  • of
    • o' (poetic or eye-dialect)
  • out
    • outen (archaic or dialectal)
  • over
    • o'er (poetic)
  • pace (formal)
  • post (often hyphenated)
  • pre (often hyphenated)
  • pro (often hyphenated)
  • qua (formal)
  • re (often used with colon)
  • sans (formal)
  • save
    • sauf (archaic)
  • since
    • sithence (archaic)
  • through
    • thru (abbreviation)
  • throughout
    • thruout (abbreviation)
  • to
    • 2 (abbreviation)
  • toward, towards
  • until
    • 'til, til (abbreviations)
  • unto (obsolete, poetic)
  • upon
    • 'pon, pon (abbreviations)
  • versus
    • vs., v. (abbreviations)
  • vice (formal)
  • vis-à-vis (formal)
  • with
    • w/, wi', c̄ (abbreviations)
  • within
    • w/i (abbreviation)
  • without
    • w/o (abbreviation)

Multiple words[edit]

List of prepositions in english grammar pdf

List Of Prepositions In English Grammar Pdf

Two words[edit]

Three words[edit]

  • as far as is one example of the many expressions which can be analyzed as as+adjective+as rather than a multiword preposition

Preposition + (article) + noun + preposition[edit]

English has many idiomatic expressions that act as prepositions that can be analyzed as a preposition followed by a noun (sometimes preceded by the definite or, occasionally, indefinite article) followed by another preposition.[1] Common examples include:

  • with regard to (sometimes written as 'w/r/t')

Archaic or dialectal[edit]

See also archaic forms of modern prepositions listed above.

  • abaft (nautical or archaic)
  • abeam (nautical)
  • aboon, abun, abune (dialectal)
  • afront (dialectal or archaic)
  • ajax (Polari)
  • anenst, anent (rare, U.K. dialectal)
  • athwart (nautical or archaic)
  • atop, ontop
  • ben (dialectal)
  • betwixt, atwix (dialectal or archaic)
    • 'twixt, twixt (abbreviations)
  • bewest (dialectal or archaic)
  • benorth (dialectal or archaic)
  • ere (poetic or archaic)
  • forby (dialectal or archaic)
  • foreanent, forenenst (dialectal or archaic)
  • foregain, foregainst (dialectal or archaic)
  • fromward, froward, fromwards
  • furth (Scotland)
  • imell (dialectal or archaic)
  • inmid, inmiddes
  • mang (Devon)
  • mauger, maugre
  • nearhand (archaic or dialectal)
  • next (archaic for next to; originally superlative of nigh)
  • nigh, anigh, anighst (poetic or archaic)
  • outwith (dialectal)
  • overthwart (archaic or dialectal)
  • quoad (formal; a Latin term)
  • umbe, umb, um (archaic or dialectal)
  • unto (archaic or poetic)

Postpositions[edit]

  • aside
    • aslant (archaic)
  • notwithstanding (also prepositional)
  • short (also prepositional)
  • withal (archaic)

Mnemonic[edit]

(Sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle)

About Above Across Against Among Around At After Before Beside Behind Between Beyond By Down During Into For From In Except Near Of Off To Over Past Throughout Through Towards On Up Without Until With Under

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^Rodney Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum; et al. (2002). 'chapter 7 §3.1'. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 618–620. ISBN0-521-43146-8.

External links[edit]

English Preposition Exercises

  • Wiktionary list of English prepositions (more comprehensive)

Appropriate Preposition Pdf

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