GRAMMAR TIME OR FUN TIME.
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LET'S LEARN GRAMMAR.
AT YOUR REQUEST IT IS
PREPOSITION THIS TIME.
HOW DO WE DEFINE A PREPOSITION?
IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE, WE CAN DEFINE A PREPOSITION AS A WORD WHICH IS PLACED BEFORE A NOUN OR A PRONOUN TO SHOW THE RELATION BETWEEN THEM (NOUN OR PRONOUN) AND SOME OTHER WORD IN A SENTENCE.
NOW LET'S UNDERSTAND THIS WITH THE HELP OF AN EXAMPLE
1) I LIVE IN KOLKATA.
(Preposition ☝ placed before the Noun Kolkata)
2) HE WAS VERY RUDE TO US.
(Preposition placed before☝ the pronoun Us)
THE PREPOSITIONS MOSTLY USED IN OUR DAILY LIFE ARE THE SIMPLE PREPOSITIONS..
IN, OF, ON, OFF, TO, UP, WITH, AT, BY, FOR, FROM, ALONG, AGAINST... etc
WITHIN, WITHOUT, OUTSIDE, INSIDE, INTO, BEHIND, BESIDES, BENEATH, BELOW, ACROSS, BETWEEN.. etc
☝ARE COMPOUND PREPOSITIONS.
SPECIAL USES OF SOME PREPOSITIONS
AT --USED FOR A POINT OF TIME.
FOR EX. HE CAME AT SUNSET/ 8 p.m.
IN --USED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME
HE WAS BORN IN 2002
WITH REFERENCE TO PLACE
AT-- USED FOR SMALL PLACES , VILLAGES, SMALL TOWNS, OR PLACES OF LESS IMPORTANCE.
IN --USED FOR COUNTRIES, LARGE TOWNS
FOR EXAMPLE..
1) HE LIVES AT RAMPUR IN U. P.
2) I LIVE AT LAKE TOWN IN KOLKATA.
