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What are prepositions, and how are they used?

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A preposition is a word (usually a short word) that shows the relationship between two other two nearby words.

For example (prepositions in bold):
- a boy from the ghetto
- (Here, the preposition from tells us the relationship between ghetto and boy.)
- a bone for the dog
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(Here, the preposition for tells us the relationship between dog and bone.)

The following are all examples of prepositions: in, on, at, around, above, near, underneath, alongside, of, and for.

Note: The word preposition means positioned before. A preposition will sit before a word (a noun or a pronoun) to show that word's relationship to another nearby word.
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