What are prepositions, and how are they used?

A preposition is a word (usually a short word) that shows the relationship between two other two nearby words.

For example (prepositions in bold):

- a boy from the ghetto

- (Here, the preposition from tells us the relationship between ghetto and boy.)

- a bone for the dog

- (Here, the preposition for tells us the relationship between dog and bone.)

The following are all examples of prepositions: in, on, at, around, above, near, underneath, alongside, of, and for.

Note: The word preposition means positioned before. A preposition will sit before a word (a noun or a pronoun) to show that word's relationship to another nearby word.