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preposition

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preposition, in English, the part of speech part of speech, in traditional English grammar , any one of about eight major classes of words, based on the parts of speech of ancient Greek and Latin. The parts of speech are noun , verb , adjective , adverb, interjection , preposition , conjunction , and pronoun .
..... Click the link for more information.  embracing a small number of words used before nouns and pronouns to connect them to the preceding material, e.g., of, in, and about. Prepositions are a class that is typical of the structure of Indo-European languages, but similar classes are found in some other languages.


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You also tried to release the objective case from its thraldom to the preposition, and it is written that servants should obey their masters.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Those terms, then, are called relative, the nature of which is explained by reference to something else, the preposition 'of' or some other preposition being used to indicate the relation.
The Categories by Aristotle View in context
It would seem long practice had rendered this manual accompaniment necessary; for it did not cease until the preposition which the poet had selected for the close of his verse had been duly delivered like a word of two syllables.
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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