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Preposition Chart, Preposition, , How It’s Used, , Example, , Showing Time, exact times, , at , 3pm, , meal times, , at , dinner, , parts of the day, , at , sundown, , age, , at , age 21, , a limit in time, , by , sundown, , in the sense of , at the latest, , by , the due date, , seasons, , in, the summer, , months, , in , November, , years, , in, 1992, , durations, , in , the same year, , after a certain period of time, , in , an hour, , days of the week, , on , Wednesday, , parts of the day where the, day is named, , on , Friday night, , dates, , on , December 4th, , Ago, , a certain time in the past, , 2 years , ago, , After, , a point in time that follows, another point in time, , after, the game; a, fter , the, surgery, , Before, , a point in time that precedes, another point in time, , before , leaving; , before, breakfast; , before, 2004, , During, , something that, happened/will happen in a, specific period of time, , during, the night; d, uring, war, , For, , over a certain period in the, , for, 2 years, , , At, , By, , In, , On, , CWAC: Center for Writing Across the Curriculum, , Summer 2015
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Preposition Chart, past, Past, , telling the time, , ten p, ast, six (6:10), , Since, , from a certain period of time, , since, 1980; , , since , the, accident, , Throughout, , something that, happened/will happen, continuously in a specific, period of time, , throughout , the year;, throughout , the ordeal, , To, , telling time, , ten t, o, six (5:50), , from an earlier time to a, later time, , 1pm , to , 3pm, , up to a certain point in time, , until t, he end; , until , sunrise, , Until, , how long something is going, to last, Up (to), , from an earlier point to a, later point, , up (to) n, ow, , an object’s settled position or, position after it has moved, , at , the airport; a, t t, he, ceremony, , meeting place or location, , at, home; , at, the desk, , point of direction, , turning a, t, the intersection, , a target, , throwing the snowball a, t, Lucy, , close to, , by , the school, , alongside of, , by , the window, , in an enclosed space, , in, the garage; i, n, an envelope, , , in a geographic location, , in, San Diego; i, n, Texas, , in a print medium, , in, a book; , in, a magazine, , Showing Place, At, , By, , In, , CWAC: Center for Writing Across the Curriculum, , Summer 2015
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Preposition Chart, for a certain side, , on , the left, , for a river/lake, , London lies o, n , the Thames, , for a floor in a house, , on , the floor, , for public transport, , on , a bus, , for television, radio, , on , the air; o, n , TV, , around or outside of, , about , town, , at but not exactly on, , about , five feet tall, , related to, , about , my father’s business, , suspended higher than, something else, , above , the door, , superior to, , above , me in rank, , pursuit, , chasing , after , the robbers, , a point further from an, earlier point, , the corner a, fter , the big, house, , leaning on, , against , the door, , opposite to or facing, , against , the wall, , Along, , tracing the length of, without, emphasis on the ends, , along , the hallway; a, long, the river, , Among, , in the company of (three or, more), , among , friends, , On, , About, , Above, , After, , Against, , in a crowd, the end of a long list, Around, , Before, , among , the masses, among , other things, , location of something, , drive a, round, the block, , explaining a period of time, , around, 3 o’clock, , in the front in terms of space, , before, the emperor; b, efore, God, , CWAC: Center for Writing Across the Curriculum, , Summer 2015
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Preposition Chart, Behind, , on the back side of a point in, space, , behind, the car; , behind, her, smile, , Below, , something lower than or, underneath something else, , below, the stairs; b, elow, expectations, , From, , in the sense of , where from, , a, flower , from the garden, , Into, , enter a room/building, , go, into, , the kitchen/house, , , Onto, , movement to the top of, something, , jump o, nto, the table, , Over, , covered by something else, , put a jacket , over, your shirt, , “more than”, , over, 16 years of age, , , “getting to the other side”, , walk , over , the bridge, , overcoming an obstacle, , climb , over, the wall, , Through, , something with limits on, top, bottom and the sides, , drive t, hrough, the tunnel, , Towards, , movement in the direction of, something (but not directly, to it), , go 5 steps , towards, the house, , , About, , for topics, meaning , what, about, , we were talking a, bout, you, , , At, , For a, ge, , she learned Russian , at , 45, , By, , who made it, , a book , by , Mark Twain, , rise or fall of something, , prices have risen , by, 10, , percent, , Other Important, Prepositions, , travelling (other than, walking or horseriding), , by, car, , , by , bus, , From, , who gave it, , a present , from, J, ane, , In, , entering a car/taxi, , get i, n, the car, , Of, , who/what did it belong to, , a page o, f, the book, , CWAC: Center for Writing Across the Curriculum, , Summer 2015
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Preposition Chart, what does it show, , the picture , of a, place, , Off, , leaving a public transport, vehicle, , get o, ff , the train, , On, , walking or riding on, horseback, , on, foot,, , o, n, horseback, , entering a public transport, vehicle, Out of, , leaving a car/taxi, , get o, n, the bus, , , get o, ut, , of the taxi, , For more information on using prepositions, see the following resources:, Beason, Larry and Mark Lester. , A Commonsense Guide to Grammar and Usage, , 6th ed., Azar, Betty S. and Stacy A. Hagen. , Understanding and Using English Grammar, , 4th ed., Johnston, Ted and Joe Old. , English Beyond the Basics, , 2nd ed., , CWAC: Center for Writing Across the Curriculum, , Summer 2015
