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Prepositions: Usage and Examples

This document provides examples of how prepositions are used to indicate place and time in the English language. It explains that prepositions like at, in, and on are used to describe where someone or something is located. The document then lists common examples of how these three prepositions are used for specific times and enclosed spaces, months/years, surfaces, and public transport.

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Prepositions: Usage and Examples

This document provides examples of how prepositions are used to indicate place and time in the English language. It explains that prepositions like at, in, and on are used to describe where someone or something is located. The document then lists common examples of how these three prepositions are used for specific times and enclosed spaces, months/years, surfaces, and public transport.

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  A preposition is a word that describes WHERE someone or something is.

 Common prepositions can be words like over, under, between, after, during,
behind, on, off, etc.
 There are naturally standard expressions being used, but this will only deal with
these prepositions in general.

TIME PLACE
We use AT for a POINT and
We use AT for a PRECISE TIME
INSTITUTIONS

A
> at 7 o'clock > at the corner
> at 10.45 am > at the bus stop
> at noon > at the door

T
> at dinnertime > at the bottom of the page
> at bedtime > at the end of the road
> at sunrise > at the entrance
> at sunset > at the crossroads
> at the moment > at the front desk
We use IN for MONTHS, YEARS, We use IN for an ENCLOSED SPACE
CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS and GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS

I
> in July > in the garden
> in winter > in Manchester
> in the summer > in England

N
> in 2013 > in a box
> in the 1980s > in my pocket
> in the next century > in my wallet
> in the Stone Age > in a building
> in the past / future > in a car
We use ON for a SURFACE and
We use ON for DAYS and DATES
PUBLIC TRANSPORT

O
> on Saturday > on the wall
> on Mondays > on the ceiling
> on 11 July > on the door

N
> on 23 March 2013 > on the cover
> on Christmas Day > on the floor
> on my birthday > on the carpet
> on Independence Day > on the menu
> on New Year's Eve > on a page
Theory and examples borrowed from http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/prepositions.htm

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