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What is the preposition in the sentence there must be a cloud over your head?
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Prepositions are words that represent where something is in relation to something else. Think of standing on a bridge...anything describing where something is in relation to the bridge is a preposition. On, under, beside, near, etc.
In this example "over" is the preposition.
The prepositional phrase continues until you get to a noun (subject), so in the example above "over your head" is the prepositional phrase.
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When if ever is it proper to use a preposition at the end of a sentence?
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What must follow the verb to form the verb phrase of the sentence?
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What part of speech in sentence Pray and be helpful to others is others?
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Which part of speech most often follows a preposition in a sentence?
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Show a sentence for the word at?
At least a third of all sentences must contain the ubiquitous preposition "at", including this one.
Write five sentences with a preposition at the end of the sentence?
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What part of speech is the word to in the following sentence Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water?
In this sentence, "to" is being used as a preposition. It is indicating the purpose or destination of Jack and Jill's action of going up the hill.
Is must a preposition?
yes
Why shouldn't you end a sentence with a preposition?
Some sentences do properly end with a preposition The learnèd fools set you up. Do not give in. This phony rule is nothing we must put up with. Latin sentences may not end with a preposition, but it is perfectly correct in English.There is nothing grammatically incorrect, at least in the English language, about ending a sentence with a preposition. Technically, this is referred to as "preposition stranding", and it occurs any time a preposition and its object are separated, not just at the end of a sentence (Note, the separation of the preposition and its object must be by more than an adjective or two to qualify as preposition stranding: "with a sunny disposition" is not preposition stranding. Also, preposition stranding usually involves reversing the usual order, i.e., placing the object somewhere before the preoposition.) But wherever in the sentence it occurs, there is absolutely nothing wrong with preposition stranding. What is wrong is to rearrange a sentence in a way that makes it cumbersome or less understandable, all in an effort to follow this false rule.One example sentence commonly (and deceitfully) used to show that preposition-stranding is incorrect is "Where is the library at?". This sentence is absolutely incorrect, but not because it ends with a preposition. It is incorrect because "at" is not needed. To see this, simply rearrange the sentence by putting "where" after "at", as in "The library is at where?" Doesn't make sense, does it? If you asked the question this way, you would omit "at", and so it is not necessary. However, if I instead asked "Which building is the library in?", that would be perfectly acceptable.By the way, though the first answerer is correct in his/her conclusion, I need to point out that neither of the first two sentences given as examples actually ends with a preposition. Though "up" and "in" can be used as prepositions, they are not prepositions the way they are used in those two sentences, but are instead adverbs. Also, in the third sentence, though "with" is a preposition, "up" is not. The way you can tell is that a preposition always has an object, somewhere in the sentence, even if it's not immediately after the preposition.Here are some better examples of grammatically-correct English sentences that end with prepositions:What are you talking about? ("about" is the preposition, "what" is the object)That's the girl I'm going out with. ("with" and "that")What are you looking at? ("at" and "what")Put this back where you got it from. ("from" and "where (you got it)")
Does every preposition have an object?
Yes, to be grammatically correct, every preposition must have an object.
Is through a preposition or interjection or conjunction?
The word 'through' is a preposition, an adverb, and an adjective.Examples:The ball went through a window. (preposition, 'a window' is the object of the preposition)We came through without a scratch. (adverb, modifies the verb 'came')The through traffic must take the left lane. (adjective, describes the noun 'traffic')When I finish this sentence, I'm through. (predicate adjective, restates the subject 'I')
