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- noun Plural form of
preposition . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
preposition .
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Examples
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Form short sentences containing these words combined with each of the prepositions which follow them, and note carefully the different relations expressed by the different prepositions_: --
Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition Brainerd Kellogg
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Subjunctive is used when expressing emotions, doubt, and after certain prepositions such as para que, con tal de que, a fin de que, sin que, and others.
Quepa 2008
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Subjunctive is used when expressing emotions, doubt, and after certain prepositions such as para que, con tal de que, a fin de que, sin que, and others.
Quepa 2008
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Subjunctive is used when expressing emotions, doubt, and after certain prepositions such as para que, con tal de que, a fin de que, sin que, and others.
Quepa 2008
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Subjunctive is used when expressing emotions, doubt, and after certain prepositions such as para que, con tal de que, a fin de que, sin que, and others.
Quepa 2008
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Piling up prepositions is commonplace (Zwicky cites numerous examples of unquestionably grammatical at about strings); what prescriptivists mean to complain about is piling up words of the same syntactic function, as in:
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Piling up prepositions is commonplace (Zwicky cites numerous examples of unquestionably grammatical at about strings); what prescriptivists mean to complain about is piling up words of the same syntactic function, as in:
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Let dear old mother scrub all those double negatives (as if!) sentences ending in prepositions (my pet hate) and other sins against grammar but LEAVE your colloquialisms!
coquilles 2007
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The only reason you’d want to avoid clause-final prepositions is that they aren’t common in formal writing, and that’s the case largely because of the misguided prohibition against them.
The no-final-prepositions rule: Not even half right. « Motivated Grammar 2010
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The only reason you’d want to avoid clause-final prepositions is that they aren’t common in formal writing, and that’s the case largely because of the misguided prohibition against them.
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