J. Roth

English 99

PREPOSITIONS

about before by inside onto

above behind during into over

across below except like through

among beneath for of to

around beside from off toward

as between in on under

at with

A preposition is never alone in a sentence; it is followed by its object(s). From the preposition to the object is the prepositional phrase. Try it: to the store (store is the object of the preposition to); before my class (my class is the object of the preposition before). Page numbers in parentheses refer to the fourth edition of the text.