In every language there is a classification of words according to their function in a sentence. The same is true in English. This traditional classification of words is called parts of speech. A preposition is a word that shows the relation of a noun or pronoun to something (or someone). Helping to understand the relationship between two words, it represents a type of large grammatical category known as adjuncts (or attachments). Virtually all English prepositions are function words, although there are exceptions. Prepositions have two functions. The first is to combine the noun with the rest of the sentence. The second is to indicate the position of the noun (object).
Small example: Kate is sitting at the table. The lad stands at the car (The guy is standing by the car). There is a flower shop at the corner of the street (There is a flower shop on the corner of the street). In all sentences, the word "at" -a preposition that defines a connection between two objects, denoting being at a certain point in space (for, at, on).
English prepositions can be single-part (for example, over; by; before; into; of) and complex (actually phrases with two or more words - along with; in spite of; together with and others).
In English, the preposition is “preposition” (pre + position=put in front). Accordingly, he, as a rule, is in front of another word. It can be a noun, a pronoun, a noun phrase, and a gerund. For example: - What did you step on? - I step on the brake; - What did you click on? - I hit the brakes. English prepositions may change their position, but they are still closely related to the same object. Although it should be said that the debate as to whether it is acceptable to separate a preposition from its object or end a sentence
enie pretext, are ongoing. Philologists look at this problem differently.
What prepositions to use depending on the sentence is relatively easy to understand, the main thing is to remember. In general, they can be divided into three main categories - time, place, direction.
Prepositions of time in English function as indicators that at some point something is happening (has happened or will happen).
They have champagne in the morning, brandy in the afternoon and Martini in the evening (They drink champagne in the morning, brandy at noon, Martini in the evening).
He read the book during thenight (He read the book during the night).
Jonathan Swift lived in the seventeenth-eighteenth centuries (Jonathan Swift lived in the 17th-18th centuries).
There was no plane for Paris on that day.
Let's go to the movies at eight o'clock.
English prepositions of place like
suggests their name, associate a noun (pronoun, noun phrase, gerund) with a specific place. For example: Your ring has rolled under the sofa (Your ring rolled under the sofa). The dog barks behind a door
And the last category, prepositions of direction, explain movement towards something (to, in, on). The main one is the preposition "to", it indicates the direction to the goal (material place). All the boys and girls in the UK go to school (In the UK, all children go to school). The pear fell to the ground (The pear fell to the ground).
If the goal is a case, then "to" is characterized by an infinitive. We go by train from Moscow to Perm to see our parents (We go by train from Moscow to Perm to see our parents).
Two prepositions from this category are formed very simply; by combining "to" + "on"=onto (used to indicate movement towards the surface; He gets onto the donkey) and in + to=into (movement inward; A man walks into a restaurant).
Many English prepositions are subject to change, becoming other parts of speech: adverb, conjunction. For example: We are in thein the bedroom (We are in the bedroom). Please come in (Please come in). In the first case "in" is a preposition, in the second it is an adverb. Everyone came but Adam (Everyone came except Adam; but is a preposition). She was not there but her boy-friend was (She was not there, but her friend was; but - union).
