This is a list of English
prepositions
Prepositions and postpositions, together called adpositions (or broadly, in traditional grammar, simply prepositions), are a class of words used to express spatial or temporal relations (''in'', ''under'', ''towards'', ''before'') or mark various ...
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Prototypical prepositions
The following are single-word prepositions that can take a noun phrase complement following the preposition. Prepositions in this section may also take other kinds of complements in addition to noun phrase complements. Prepositions marked with an asterisk can be used transitively or intransitively; that is, they can take noun phrase complements (e.g., ''he was
in the house'') or not (e.g., ''he was
in'').
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a
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aboard*
[Aarts, Bas.''Oxford Modern English Grammar''. Oxford UP, 2011. p. 76-77.]
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about
About may refer to:
* About (surname)
* About.com, an online source for original information and advice
* about.me, a personal web hosting service
* ''abOUT'', a Canadian LGBT online magazine
* ''About Magazine'', a Texas-based digital platform ...
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[Quirk, Randolph, et al. ''A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language''. Longman, 1985. pp. 665-67.]
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abt. (''written abbreviation'')
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above*
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abreast
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absent
Absence may refer to:
Employment
* Leave of absence, a period of time away from a job
* Absenteeism, the habitual pattern of absence from work or duty
* Absence rate, the ratio of workers with absences to total employees
Sciences and philosophy
...
[Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. ''The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language''. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 610. .]
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across*
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after
After may refer to:
Literature
* ''After'' (Elgar), an 1895 poem by Philip Bourke Marston set to music by Edward Elgar
* ''After'' (Prose novel), a 2003 novel by Francine Prose
* ''After'' (book), a 2005 book by Canadian writer Francis Chalifour
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[Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. ''The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language''. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 613. .]
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against*
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along*
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aloft*
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alongside*
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amid[Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. ''The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language''. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 635. .]
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