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prepositions (7): -ing forms and infinitives

Posted July 9, 2019 by SHRweB 608 0 8

Prepositions are not normally used before infinitives in English. After verb/ noun/adjective + preposition, we usually use the -ing form of a following verb. He insisted on being paid at once, (NOT He insisted on to be paid ..-.) I don’t like the...

across, over and through

Posted July 10, 2019 by SHRweB 642 0 6

on/to the other side of (line): across and overAcross and over can both be used to mean ‘on or to the other side of a line, river, road, bridge, etc’.His village is just across/over the border.See if you can jump across/over the stream. high...

prepositions (1): introduction

Posted July 7, 2019 by SHRweB 689 0 4

meanings and use It is difficult to learn to use prepositions correctly in a foreign language. Most English prepositions have several different functions (for instance, one well- known dictionary lists eighteen main uses of at), and these may...

about and on

Posted July 10, 2019 by SHRweB 573 0 6

Compare: a book for children about Africa and its people./a textbook on African history. a conversation about money./a lecture on economics. We use “about” to talk about ordinary, more general kinds of communication. “On”...

prepositions (6): before conjunctions

Posted July 9, 2019 by SHRweB 547 0 1

Prepositions can be followed by conjunctions in some cases but not in others.indirect speech: prepositions dropped before thatPrepositions are not used directly before the conjunction that. In indirect speech – after words that refer to...