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SECTION 21 prepositions
prepositions

grammar summary

above across against along at behind between by down during
for from in in front of into near off on opposite out of over
past round through to under until/till up

Some prepositions are difficult, because they have more than one meaning. (A preposition in one
language often has several different translations into another language.)

In this section, we explain and practise the most important prepositions: those that we use to talk about
time, place and movement.

-* For since and for, see page 65.
-» For the place of prepositions in questions, see page 111; with relative pronouns, see page 258.
-» For -ing forms after prepositions, see page 132.
-* For verbs followed by prepositions, see page 141.
For lists of common expressions with prepositions, see pages 305-306.

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