Preposition: concept and classification

Connecting two terms of a sentence and thus relating the parts is the role of preposition. For this, it is necessary that one part of the prayer be subordinated to another. This means that there must be no isolation between terms to make sense.

Prepositions are classified as essential and accidental. In the first one, there is a preposition itself being used for such purposes. In the second case, there is the use of a word belonging to another improvised grammatical class to connect terms of the clause.

And then there are prepositional phrases, which occur when there is a preposition preceded by another word.

Let's look at examples.

Examples of essential preposition

Essential prepositions serve only this purpose and cannot be applied to any other textual function. They guarantee cohesion and maintain well-structured communication.

• A, before, after, until, with, against, from, from, in, to, to, before, by, without, under, over, behind.

Below, let's see how they can be applied:

• "I would like popcorn with soda at the cinema”;
• "He said he's going to stay in hotel this time”;
• "After the arrest, he said he only talks towards the judge";
• "Congratulations The you on this dear date”;
• "If God is for us, who will be against we";
• "I prefer not to express myself about this subject";
• "Was feeling sick after eat this mayonnaise salad”;
• "I will keep my son grounded until that he confess to taking money from the safe”;
• "It's so sad since that your cat died”;
• "I prefer to remain neutral than having to choose in between you and him";

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Examples of accidental preposition

The accidental preposition is none of those listed above, but it does this function out of necessity to connect the elements of the clause. They belong to other grammatical classes, but they perform the preposition function in an improvised way. They are transition elements between words, so it is very common for conjunctions to be used. So here are some examples:

• Aside, according, upon, during, except, upon, second, etc.

Below are some ways to use accidental prepositions in texts:

• "He agreed to marry you, but you will have to follow his rules”;
• “According explained above, you can only do this work individually and here in the classroom”;
• "I am hungry, therefore, serve my lunch right away”;
• "I slapped him in the face, outside the kicks when knocking him to the ground”.

In the first example, the “but”, which is a conjunction used to link two elements, is here used as an accidental preposition. The second term of the sentence is subordinate to the first. In other words, if the person follows the rules, he will have marriage. The same is true for examples 2 and 3 with the use of conjunction to play the role of preposition.

However, it is not just conjunctions that can become accidental prepositions. In the fourth example, the word “outside”, which is an adverb, improvises to play the role of preposition.

Examples of prepositional phrases

Prepositional phrases occur when we use two words, including a preposition at the end.

• “Below God, the people I love the most are my family”;
• "When you leave, leave the key between the bars so that I can enter when I arrive”.

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