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Prepositions
English Grammar
preposition
/ˌprɛpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/
noun
GRAMMAR
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a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in ‘the man on the platform’, ‘she arrived after dinner’, ‘what did you do it for ?’.
“From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.”
― Winston S. Churchill
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