Rabu, 31 Mei 2017
14. Problem Vocabulary and Preposition
A preposition is word used to describe the relationship between other
words in a sentence.
Prepositions
are almost always combined with other words. In grammars, these structures are
called prepositional phrases.
A
prepositional phrase consists of a preposition followed by an article or
another determiner and an adjective or two, followed by a pronoun or noun. Here
the adjective modifies the noun or pronoun which acts as the object of the
preposition.
A
prepositional phrase acts as an adjective or an adverb.
Ending a sentence with a preposition
You
may have heard that ending a sentence with a preposition is a serious breach of
grammatical rules. Well, not really. Of course, you are not supposed to end
every one of your sentences with a preposition, but sometimes ending a sentence
with a preposition is better than moving it to another location in the
sentence.
Consider
the two examples given below.
1)
The professor asked the students to indicate the reference book they are
quoting from. (This sentence ends in a preposition.)
2)
The professor asked the students to indicate from which reference book
they are quoting.
As
you can see, sentence 2 isn’t much better than sentence 1 although it doesn’t
end in a preposition.
The
prepositions in, at and on can all indicate position. Here is a
list of common word combinations with these prepositions.
In the bed / in the bedroom / in the car / in the class / in
the library / in school
At class / at home / at the library / at the office / at
school / work
On the bed / on the ceiling / on the floor / on the horse/
on the plane / on the train
As
you can see, with some of these locations, different prepositions are possible.
No
prepositions are used with the following expressions: downtown, downstairs,
outside, inside, upstairs, uptown etc.
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