This is a list of English prepositions. In English, some prepositions are short, typically containing six letters or fewer. There are, however, a significant number of multi-word prepositions. Throughout the history of the English language, new prepositions have come into use, old ones have fallen out of use, and the meaning of existing prepositions has changed. The prepositions generally remain a closed class.
Read more about List Of English Prepositions: Single Words, Archaic or Infrequently Used, Not Fully Grammaticized, Preposition-like Modifiers of Quantified Noun Phrases, Postpositions
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