PREPOSITIONS
Usage
Prepositions show the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word in the sentence. Prepositions can be one of the most difficult grammatical points for both students and teacher alike. The difficulty lies in the fact that there is no uniformity when it comes to preposition placement. However, we can say that there are at least three categories place, time and movement. Certain prepositions can be placed in all categories and others fit in none of them.
Main types
* Time/Date
> at, on, by, before, in, from, since, for, during, to, until, after, about
* Movement
> from, to, in, into, on, onto, by, off, out, through, over
* Place/Position
> in, at, on, by, above, over, under, below, beneath, beside, between, near, next to, behind, in front of
These are some common prepositions that dont neatly fit into any of the above categories'such as of and with.
CONJUNCTIONS
Conjunctions join words or groups in a sentence.
They can do two ways:
* Join words of the same class, i.e. pairs of nouns/adjectives/adverbs/verbs/phrases
> and, but, or, nor, yet
> also: both...and, either...or, neither...nor, not only...but also
> e.g. He plays squash and rugby.
I'm young and reckless.
She doesn't drink or smoke.
* Join clauses of sentences
> as as soon as, before, since, until, when, because, although, unless, so, in order that
> e.g. He started work as soon as he arrived.
I married her because she's gorgeous.
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