See the TIP Sheet on "Prepositions" for more information. (by the tree, with our friends, about the book, until tomorrow)Ī preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence. Therefore a preposition is always part of a prepositional phrase. The prepositional phrase almost always functions as an adjective or as an adverb. The following list includes the most common prepositions:
See the TIP Sheet on "Pronouns" for further information.