Symbols For Prepositions
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A preposition is a part of speech that typically precedes a noun or a pronoun in a sentence and defines its relationship (generally spatial or temporal) to some other word or words. In trying to depict the relatively small number of prepositions and prepositional phrases in English (British and American) I have used a basketball to illustrate the concept together with other items such as a cardboard box. So we might ask, "Where is the basketball in relation to the box?": the response would be the preposition in question: it is inside the box, outside the box, next to box, in front of the box, etc.
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A preposition is a part of speech that typically precedes a noun or a pronoun in a sentence and defines its relationship (generally spatial or temporal) to some other word or words. In trying to depict the relatively small number of prepositions and prepositional phrases in English (British and American) I have used a basketball to illustrate the concept together with other items such as a cardboard box. So we might ask, "Where is the basketball in relation to the box?": the response would be the preposition in question: it is inside the box, outside the box, next to box, in front of the box, etc.
The set prepositional symbols below covers the top 100 as defined by the British National Corpus:
http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/bncfreq/lists/5_8_all_rank_preposition.txt
However, even though the list below is comprehensive, it does not cover every possible prepositional phrase and, thus, if there is a particular prepositional phrase that is required, it can be requested using the form at the bottom of this page.
To request any or all the prepositional symbols, the form at the bottom of this page may also be used.
The prepositions depicted below are arranged in alphabetical order and NOT in order of frequency of use.
http://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/bncfreq/lists/5_8_all_rank_preposition.txt
However, even though the list below is comprehensive, it does not cover every possible prepositional phrase and, thus, if there is a particular prepositional phrase that is required, it can be requested using the form at the bottom of this page.
To request any or all the prepositional symbols, the form at the bottom of this page may also be used.
The prepositions depicted below are arranged in alphabetical order and NOT in order of frequency of use.
aboard
above
across
after
against
along with
among
apart from
as
(as good as gold)
as
as well as
at
atop
because of
before
behind
beneath
between
but
despite
down
during
for
front
in between
in relation to
including
inside
into
near
notwithstanding
off
on top of
other than
out of
outside
past
per
rather than
since
through
throughout
to
towards
underneath
unlike
up
upon
via
within
worth
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about
according to
after
after
along
amid
amongst
around
as (as heavy as lead)
as to
astride
at the bottom of
away from
before
before
below
beside
beyond
by
divided by
due to
except
from
in
in front of
in view of
inside
instead of
minus
next to
of
on
opposite
out
outside
over
per
plus
round
such as
through
times
toward
under
underneath
until
up to
upon
with
without
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