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PREPOSITIONS ARE A CONSTANT CAUSE OF DIFFICULTY AS THERE ARE NO HARD AND FAST RULES TO KNOW THEIR USAGE. WE HAVE TO LEARN AND USE THEM AS THE ENGLSIH PEOPLE DO. THESE ARE SPECIALLY DIFFICULT AFTER ADJECTIVES AND PARTICIPLES, AS THERE IS NO WAY OF KNOWING WHICH PERPOSITION FOLLOWS UNLESS WE HAVE MET THE PHRASE BEFORE AND REMEMBERED IT.  ONLY USEFUL METHOD OF LEARNING THE APPROPRIATE PREPOSITION IS CONSTAT PRACTICE AND THEIR USE IN A CONTEXT. 


ENGLISH HAS MANY PHRASES WHICH ARE MADE UP OF    PREPOSITION+NOUN+PREPOSITION ,
FOR EXAMPLE, TO THE SATISFACTION OF, IN RESPONSE TO,  MOST OF THESE DO NOT CAUSE DIFFICULTY AND DO NOT REQUIRE   EXPLANATION. OTHERS MUST BE NOTED AND DISTINGUISH IT CAREFULLY, AS THEY ARE SIMILAR IN FORM BUT DIFFERENT IN MEANING;  FOR INSTANCE,  WITH RESPECT TO,  IN RESPECT OF, IN THE FACE OF, ON THE FACE OF.  

THERE IS ONE VERY SIMPLE RULE FOR PREPOSITIONS.
"A PREPOSITION IS FOLLOWED BY A "NOUN" IT IS NEVER FOLLOWED BY A "VERB". 

IF WE WANT TO FOLLOW A PREPOSITION BY A "VERB"  WE MUST USE THE "-ING" FORM  WHICH IS REALLY A GERUND OR VERB IN NOU FORM.

  SUBJECT+VERB                    PREPOSITION               NOUN
THE FOOD IS                                             ON                                        THE TABLE
SHE LIVES                                                 IN                                          JAPAN
JANE  IS LOOKING                           FOR                                              YOU
THE LETTER IS                                 UNDER                               YOUR BLUE BOOK
PASCAL IS USED                             TO                                          ENGLISH PEOPLE
I  ATE                                                   BEFORE                                  COMING

                  SOME COMMONLY USED PREPOSITION 
UP
DOWN
NEAR
FAR
BY
AT
AROUND
CLOSE
ALWAYS
ABOUT
ABOVE
ACROSS
AFTER
AGAINST
ALONG
AMONG
BEFORE
BEHIND
BELOW
BENEATH
BESIDE
BETWEEN
BEYOND 
BUT
DESPITE
DOWN
DURING
EXCEPT
FOR
FROM
IN
INSIDE
INTO
LIKE
NEAR
OF
OFF
ON
ONTO
OUT
OUTSIDE
OVER
PAST
SINCE
THROUGH  ETC...................
                         IMPORTANT PREPOSITIONS 
ABSORB IN ( TO OCUUPY FULLY)
HE WAS ABSORBED IN HIS BOOKS.
ABSTAIN FROM ( TO FORBEAR/ TO REFRAIN)
 YOU MUST ABSTAIN FROM GAMBLING.
ACCEDE TO ( AGREE TO)
HE ACCEDED TO MY REQUEST.
ACCOMPAINED BY  (GO WITH)
THE PRINCIPAL WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE STUDENTS. 

TO BE CONINUED.................