Questions tagged [prepositions]
Prepositions are function words like "to", "over", "through", "in". The meaning of a sentence can be dramatically altered by choosing the wrong preposition. Questions need to include enough information for the intended meaning to be deduced.
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What is the correct preposition for imagine? [migrated]
I would like to know if the following sentence is correct.
It might be different from what you imagine from shaved ice.
Context: I work at a restaurant that serves unusual shaved ice and I would like ...
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Deck as verb and the accompanying preposition
As per Cambridge dictionary and others, the word 'deck' in its verb form means to decorate or add something to something to make an effect: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/deck
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Past Perfect or Simple Past When Using Since in Reported Speech? [duplicate]
While reading The Beautiful and Damned, I stumbled upon a passage that caught my attention. It stated,
Only with the flow through the transmitter of his own familiar but faintly impersonal tone did ...
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Confusion regarding "since" vs "for" [migrated]
I know that we use "since" when we refer to some specific event that started at some point in the past and is still continuing and "for" when we talk about the duration of the ...
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On team, in team, or from team? [closed]
Which of the following is better?
a) "You have a new message from Shelly from the Pepsi vendor team:"
b) "You have a new message from Shelly on the Pepsi vendor team:"
c) "You ...
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anger with something (rather than someone)?
I know that anger comes with the preposition "with" while discussing anger directed at someone, (e.g. "your anger with your unbearable boss"); but should we use the same ...
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Preposition and relative clause ‘in which’ [migrated]
As non-native speaker, It is hard to distinguish the collocation of a verb and preposition. In the following sentences, please figure out the grammaticality.
Can you recommend the hotel in which I ...
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Does the question 'where are you from' follow the QUASM formula? [migrated]
To recap QUASM is Question Word, Auxiliary Verb, Subject and Main verb.
In the question 'where are you from?' from is in the position of the main verb. But from is not a verb. It's a preposition.
So ...
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Correct preposition / correct verb [migrated]
Which variant is correct here :
I travel in a submarine.
I sail in a submarine.
I sail on a submarine.
If I mean I am just a traveller, I don't control the submarine. Sail means to travel on water, ...
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Why do phrases "By fair means or foul" and "By hook or by crook" have such different use of preposition 'By'?
Both idioms have pretty much the same meaning. Both are centuries old idioms. However, one uses preposition 'by' twice while the other doesn't. Why? Can someone please explain what am I missing here?
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Reasons after look forward to: do they require the -ing form?
I wrote a "look forward to" phrase, and after that I explained the reasons why I look forward to doing that thing.
The phrase I wrote is:
I look forward to learning all those different ...
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Where does "off'n" come from?
The preposition "off'n" is seen/heard in Southern and other dialects of American English.
He drank so much he fell off'n the bar stool.
There's nothing about it in Etymonline, and Merriam-...
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'Out the way' vs 'Out of the way'
Is there any difference between 'out the way' and 'out of the way'? I mean, for instance, shouting at someone standing in you way when you're running.
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"the girl with the red dress on" — What licenses the preposition "on"? What does it function as?
an example:
the girl with the red dress on
Is "on" a dangling/stranded preposition?
If it is, then what's its object?
What licenses "on"?
What does "on" function as?
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Should "than," "like," and "as" be followed by "who" or "whom"?
Before anyone comments that "whom" is not necessary in the English language anymore and that I can just use "who" all the time instead, I'll say that my dialect always uses "...
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