PrepositionsPrepositions

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prepositions appears before a noun Ex) The book is in my bag

Lists of prepositions about, above, across, after, against,

ahead of, along, among, around, at, before, to, together, with, toward, up, without, etc

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Adjectival prepositional phrases modify a noun or pronoun ex) Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown

modify a verb, adjective, or adverb either

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“How” to use prepositions

purpose is to tie nouns and pronouns logically to other parts of the speech.

Use it into parallel to add the rhythmic value

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Without Prepositions

The discoveries planets the solar system, stimulating renewed speculation other possible worlds throbbing life, are now drawing closer cosmic terms the world their discoverers.

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With Prepositions

The discoveries of planets beyond the solar system, stimulating renewed speculation of other possible worlds throbbing with life, are now drawing closer in cosmic terms the world their discoverers.

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1)Clear The Clutter. ex) Use before instead of “prior to”

Use now/nowadays instead of as for “at present”, “at this point in time”, “for the time being”, “in this day”…etc

2) “OUT” ALL VERBS. Replace a prepositional phrase with simple

verbs: Use to believe instead of “to be of the opinion that” Use to examine instead of “to study in depth”

Continues…Continues…3) OBJECTION ! Ex) Not “Just between you and I use “just between you and me”

4) The Last Word on Prepositions. Ex) Not “This is the apartment I live in”

write as “I live in this apartment”

Not “Where are you at?” write as “Where are you?”

Exceptions: “What did you step?” You need to say, “What did you step on?”

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Economy in phrasing (using paraphrase in short way)

ex) BTW(by the way), BC(because), ASAP(as soon as possible), IRL(in real life), BW(between)

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Do away with prepositions altogether, preferring to take the most direct tack possible.

(Simply leave the words out, or use in different way)

ex) 1. Wait for water small small. wait for the water for a little while. 2. Try look da sunset. take a look at the sunset.

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Embrace evocative ones that stretch the grammatical frontier.(syntactic identity, becoming not just a preposition, a doorway, a means to an end, but end itself)

ex) beyond the horizon, beyond the beauty, beyond work