Saving Our Prepositions - A Guide For The Perplexed
What are prepositions? Easy. Prepositions are those diminutive and deceptively simple words, like “at,” “by” “for,” “in,” “of,” “on” and ”to,” which are entrusted with the humble task of connecting one part of sentence to another. They are the vital building blocks of the English language, and few sentences would be complete or even possible without them. Yet they are also the banana peels of modern speech and we constantly slip up on them. The unfortunate result is a rash of awkwardness, confusion and misunderstanding.
This reference book offers a systematic and comprehensive treatment of prepositions and adverbial particles and is at the same time, by means of the inclusion of examples of usage throughout the book, a practical guide to the subject. Brief explanations accompany the examples where necessary. The key words in the phrases dealt with are arranged in alphabetical order and the book is divided into six chapters (thus achieving some classification of the complex question of usage): 1, Common Prepositions; 2, Prepositional Phrases; 3, Nouns preceded by Prepositions; 4, Phrasal Verbs; 5, Verbs followed by Prepositions; 6, Words (other than Verbs) followed by Prepositions.
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This completely revised and expanded edition of English Prepositions Explained (EPE), originally published in 1998, covers approximately 100 simple, compound, and phrasal English prepositions of space and time – with the focus being on short prepositions such as at, by, in, and on. Its target readership includes teachers of ESOL, pre-service translators and interpreters, undergraduates in English linguistics programs, studious advanced learners and users of English, and anyone who is inquisitive about the English language.
