Using Prepositions

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Prepositions are words that appear in front of nouns or their substitutes (such as pronouns or noun phrases). There are about 150 prepositions that include: about, above, across, as, at, before, beneath, by, except, for, from, in, inside, like, near, of, on, over, since, than, towards, under, up, with.

• Prepositions of place: Locate things in space, answering the question 'where?'
• Preposition of time: Locate things in time, answering the question 'when?'

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