What are prepositions?
What are prepositions? A preposition is simply a word within a sentence that indicates either a location or relationship between a noun and other parts of a sentence. The cat was hiding behind the curtain . In this sentence the preposition was behind. The noun was cat, or object of the preposition. The object of the preposition is the noun or pronoun that is associated with the preposition. In most sentences the preposition will usually goes before its corresponding noun or pronoun, but they can go afterwards. Where did the evil witch go? In this sentence the preposition go, is after it's corresponding noun witch. How to use prepositions correctly There are a few prepositions that need to be used with care. Like , is a preposition that means similar, or similar to, and should be followed by either a noun, pronoun or noun phrase, not a subject or verb. It's best to avoid using like with a verb. You smell like a rotten toad. Rotten toad is the n...