A preposition works as a link between other words. It usually indicates some sort of relationship to the object it refers to – whether to do with time or space. Words such as in, on, to, with, under, above etc. are all prepositions.
The flower is on the window sill.
I’ll visit you before Sunday.
It usually occurs inside a prepositional phrase i.e. preposition followed by a noun phrase such as into the city, after the movie. In some circumstances prepositions appear in the construction called preposition stranding where they are not followed by a noun e.g. where are you going to? Come in. There are also certain verbs that are followed by a preposition and we refer to these as phrasal verbs – fixed constructions of single verbs and prepositions - e.g. make up, fall out, switch on.
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