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English Grammar - Prepositions

Prepositions are used before nouns to give additional information in a sentence. They links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. Usually, prepositions are used to show where something is located or when something happened. 

Here are some prepositions showing the locations:

above 
below 
over 
under 
among 
between 
beside 
in front of 
behind 
next to
with 
in the middle of 
on 
in 
at 

Examples:

The book is beside the table. 

Here are prepositions showing the time:

at 
on 
by 
before 
from 
since 
for 
during 
to 
until 

And here are the prepositions showing the action and movement:

at 
by 
from 
into 
on 
onto 
off 
out of 
after 

Complex prepositions consist of two- or three-word combinations acting as a single unit. 

Here are some examples: 
according to 
along with 
apart from 
because of 
contrary to due to 
except for 
instead of 
prior to 
regardless of

More links on Prepositions:

http://137.122.14.100/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/preposit.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslprep2.html