- Source: List of English prepositions
This is a list of English prepositions.
Prototypical prepositions
The following are single-word prepositions that can take a noun phrase complement following the preposition. Prepositions in this section may also take other kinds of complements in addition to noun phrase complements. Prepositions marked with an asterisk can be used transitively or intransitively; that is, they can take noun phrase complements (e.g., he was in the house) or not (e.g., he was in).
Intransitive prepositions
The following are single-word intransitive prepositions. This portion of the list includes only prepositions that are always intransitive; prepositions that can occur with or without noun phrase complements (that is, transitively or intransitively) are listed with the prototypical prepositions. Note that dictionaries and grammars informed by concepts from traditional grammar may categorize these intransitive prepositions as adverbs.
Conjunctive prepositions
The following are single-word prepositions that take clauses as complements. Prepositions marked with an asterisk in this section can only take non-finite clauses as complements. Note that dictionaries and grammars informed by concepts from traditional grammar may categorize these conjunctive prepositions as subordinating conjunctions.
Postpositions
The following are postpositions, prepositions whose complements typically precede them. Note that some grammars classify prepositions and postpositions as different kinds of adpositions while other grammars categorize both under the heading of the more common variety in the language.
ago
apart
aside
aslant (archaic)
away
hence
notwithstanding (also prepositional)
on (usually prepositional but occurs in phrases like "ten years on")
over (usually prepositional but occurs in phrases like "the world over")
short (also prepositional)
through (usually prepositional but occurs in phrases like "the whole day through")
Complex prepositions
The following are prepositions that consist of multiple words. They are categorized according to their structure.
= Preposition + preposition
== Preposition + (article) + noun + preposition
=English has many idiomatic expressions that act as prepositions that can be analyzed as a preposition followed by a noun (sometimes preceded by the definite or, occasionally, indefinite article) followed by another preposition. Common examples include:
= Other complex prepositions
=The following complex prepositions do not follow either of the common structures for complex prepositions.
Archaic, dialectal, or specialized
The following prepositions are not widely used in Present-Day English. Some, such as bating and forby, are archaic and typically only used to convey the tone of a bygone era. Others, such as ayond and side, are generally used only by speakers of a particular variety of English. Yet others are generally only used in specialized contexts, such as abaft in nautical settings and dehors in law.
= Prototypical prepositions
== Intransitive prepositions
== Conjunctive prepositions
=but (archaic in uses such as "There wasn't one among them but would have taken my place.")
= Postpositions
=withal (archaic)
= Complex prepositions
=at after (regional, England)
down on (colloquial)
ex relatione (law)
hard by (archaic)
inside of (colloquial; regional, Australia and U.S.)
non obstante (law)
nigh by (obsolete)
opposite to (regional, Britain)
See also
Preposition and postposition
Preposition stranding
Notes
References
External links
Wiktionary list of English prepositions
The Visual Guide to English Prepositions Part 1/2: Place & Direction (Infographic)
The Visual Guide to English Prepositions Part 2/2: Time (Infographic)
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