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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another section is devoted entirely to grammar drills, including the use of prepositions, comparatives, negatives and verb tenses.
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Function words are those which give structure to a sentence, such as articles, pronouns, prepositions, etc.
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Many conjunctions functions as other parts of speech, chiefly as prepositions, such as before, till, since.
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Nobody in the class knew that the word in was a preposition .
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Nope, you cut every extra article and preposition .
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Other two-syllable words such as adverbs and prepositions seem to behave like verbs and adjectives.
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The class wrote and identified sentences using prepositions.
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The nail is an indirect object because it is related to the verb through the preposition - on.