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01 Prepositions - Other Guide

This document summarizes the various uses of prepositions to indicate different relationships. It provides examples for prepositions like "in", "on", "at", "of" to show location, time, purpose, means, possession, and other uses. Prepositions are used to show relationships between nouns, verbs, or clauses in a sentence and provide important contextual cues about the meaning.

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01 Prepositions - Other Guide

This document summarizes the various uses of prepositions to indicate different relationships. It provides examples for prepositions like "in", "on", "at", "of" to show location, time, purpose, means, possession, and other uses. Prepositions are used to show relationships between nouns, verbs, or clauses in a sentence and provide important contextual cues about the meaning.

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PREPOSITIONS: IN to indicate inclusion , location, or position within limits o in the lake o wounded in the leg o in the summer to indicate

means, medium, or instrumentality o written in pencil o bound in leather to indicate limitation, qualification, or circumstance o alike in some respects o left in a hurry to indicate purpose o said in reply to indicate the larger member of a ratio o one in six is eligible to indicate position in contact with and supported by the top surface of o the book is lying on the table to indicate position in or in contact with an outer surface o The fly landed on the ceiling o I have a cut on my finger o paint on the wall to indicate position in close proximity with o a village on the sea o stay on your opponent to indicate the location of something o on the left o on the south side of the house o on the farm to indicate a source of attachment or support o on a string o stand on one foot o hang it on a nail to indicate a source of dependence o You can rely on me o feeds on insects o lives on a pensions to indicate a time frame during which something takes place or an instant, action, or occurrence when something begins or is done o a parade on Sunday o on cue o On arriving home, I found your letter o news on the hour o cash on delivery to indicate manner of doing something; often used with the o on the slay o keep everything on the up-and-up to indicate means or agency

at, on, in, of o talk on the telephone to indicate a medium of expression o on stage o best show on television to indicate active involvement in a condition or status o on the increase o on the lookout regularly using or showing the effects of using o on drugs to indicate involvement or participation o on tour o on the team o on duty to indicate inclusion o put it on the agenda to indicate position or status in proper relationship with a standard or objective o on schedule to indicate reason, ground, or basis (as for an action, opinion, or computation) o I have it on good authority o on one condition o The interest will be 10 cents on the dollar to indicate the cause or source o Profited on the sale of stock to indicate the focus of obligation or responsibility o Drinks are on the house o put the blame on me to indicate the object with respect to some disadvantage, handicap, or detriment o has three inches in height on me o a 3-game lead on the second-place team o The jokes on me to indicate the object of collision, opposition, or hostile action o bumped my head on a limb o an attack on religion o pulled a gun on me to indicate destination or the focus of some action, movement, or directed effort o crept up on him o feast your eyes on this o working on my skiing o made a payment on the loan to indicate the object with respect to some misfortune or disadvantageous event o the crops died on them to indicate the subject of study, discussion, or consideration o a book on insects o reflect on that moment o agree on a price with respect to o go light on the salt o short on cash to indicate reduplication or succession in a series

ON -

o AT -

loss on loss

OF -

to indicate presence or occurrence in, on or near o staying at a hotel o at a party to indicate the goal of an indicated or implied action or motion o aim at the target o creditors are at him again to indicate that with which one is occupied or employed o at work o at the controls o good at chess to indicate situation in an active or passive state or condition o at liberty o at rest to indicate the means, cause, or manner o sold at an auction o laughed at his joke o act at your own discretion to indicate the rate, degree, or position in a scale or series o the temperature at 90 o at first to indicate age or position in time o will retire at 65 to indicate a point of reckoning o north of the lake to indicate origin or derivation o a man of noble birth to indicate a cause, motive, or reason o died of flu o plays of Shakespeare on the part of o very kind of him to indicate the component, material, parts, elements, or the contents o throne of gold o cup of water to indicate the whole, that includes the part denoted by the preceding word o most of the army to indicate the whole or quantity from which a part is removed or expended o gave of his time relating to o stories of his travels in respect to o slow of speech to indicate belonging or possessive relationship o King of England

to indicate the relationship between a result determined by a function or operation and a basic entity as an independent variable o a function of x o the product of 2 numbers to indicate separation o east of pain to indicate a particular example belonging to the class denoted by the preceding noun o the City of Rome to indicate apposition o that fool of a husband to indicate the object of an action denoted or implied by the preceding noun o love of nature to indicate the application of a verb or an adjective o cheats him of a dollar o fond of candy to indicate the characteristic or distinctive quality or possession o a man of courage

(Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, 1191)

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