No, it is an adjective. It can mean specific or distinctive. It can rarely be a noun meaning "particular details."
The man ON the platform was staring back at me. This is an example sentence for preposition.
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The nouns in the sentence are:jar, subject of the sentencepickles, object of the preposition 'of'tile floor (compound noun), object of the preposition 'on'kitchen, object of the preposition 'in'
An object of the preposition is a noun that ends the prepositional phrase as in the following sentence: She looked at the nurse. The prepositional phrase is "at the nurse." The preposition is "at" and the objective if the preposition is "nurse." A predicate nominative follows a linking verb and renames the subject as in the following sentence: My sister is a nurse. The linking verb is "is" and the predicate nominative is "nurse" which renames the subject "sister."
No. Stay is a verb, and more rarely a noun. It cannot be a preposition.
No, it is not a preposition. The word afterwards is an adverb.
No. Certain is an adjective (particular, or for sure), and rarely a pronoun. But it cannot be a preposition.
No, "nearly" is not a preposition. It is an adverb used to indicate almost or close to a particular amount, distance, or time.
No, it is not a preposition. Continued is the past tense of the verb continue.
Yes, the word within is a preposition.
No. Maintained is the past tense and past participle of a verb (to maintain). It cannot be a preposition.
No, it is not a conjunction. Despite is a preposition.
No. The words "that won" form a relative clause where "that" is a relative pronoun, not a preposition. Notice that it is followed by a verb (won), not a noun.
The preposition for "insist" is generally "on". For example, one might insist on a particular course of action or insist on having something done a certain way.
No the word along is not a noun. It can be a preposition and an adverb.
No, it is not a preposition. Lead as a noun can be a positional advantage, a primary role, a heavy element, or the graphite in a pencil. It can also be a verb meaning to go first.