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Preposition List

There are about 150 prepositions in English. Yet this is a very small number when you
think of the thousands of other words (nouns, verbs etc). Prepositions are important
words. We use individual prepositions more frequently than other individual words. In
fact, the prepositions of, to and inare among the ten most frequent words in English.
Here is a short list of 70 of the more common one-word prepositions. Many of these
prepositions have more than one meaning. Please refer to a dictionary for precise
meaning and usage

 down  since
 during  than
 aboard
 except  through
 about
 excepting  to
 above
 excluding  toward
 across
 following  towards
 after
 for  under
 against
 from  underneath
 along
 in  unlike
 amid
 inside  until
 among
 into  up
 anti
 like  upon
 around
 minus  versus
 as
 near  via
 at
 of  with
 before
 off  within
 behind
 on  without
 below
 onto
 beneath
 opposite And REMEMBER:
 beside
 outside
 besides PREPOSITION + VERB –ING
 over
 between ‘I´m afraid of watching him’
 past
 beyond
 per ‘She’s worried about failing her
 but exam’
 plus
 by
 regarding
 concerning
 round
 considering
 save
 despite

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