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language find it difficult to use the correct preposition because the same relations in the Russian language
will often be signalled by an inflection of a noun and because sometimes a preposition different from the
expected one is used (характерный для — characteristic of, сердитый на— angry with, etc.).
Structurally prepositions can be simple, or one-component prepositions; compound, incorporating two
prepositions in one;
phrase, or two or more-component prepositions; there are also prepositions that co-occur. Some
prepositions are incorporated in the verb.
Simple
Compound                Phrasal                   Co-occurrence
about
inside                        according              to from ... to
above
into                           apart from            from ... until/till
across
onto                          because of            out of... into
after
without                    in case of              off (of) ... on (to;
before
                                 in favour of
between
                                 in front of
during
                               in want of
in
                                           instead of
over      
                               with regard to
past
Below are some verbs in whose structure a preposition is incorporated:
outdo        overdo          underestimate 
outrun       overrate         underrate 
outlast       overeat          underline 
outgrow      overcome        underscore
Some prepositions can be homonymous with words of other parts of speech. Compare: She waited for
me outside the house. — She waited for me outside. He climbed up
the ladder. — We had to go up. It
happened before their arrival. — It happened before they arrived.
Prepositions can be modified by other words: almost at the end,
all over the floor, right
in front of me, just off the motorway, halfway
up the hill, directly after your
lesson.
The nine most frequently used prepositions in English (in alphabetical order) are: at, by, for, from, in,
of, on, to, with. 
Prepositions occur in the following position in a sentence:
                                                                                        Noun 
     Noun                                                                              Pronoun 
     Adjective               Preposition                                      Gerund 
Verb                                                                                Infinitival or Gerundial Phrase
                                                                                        Noun clause
Prepositions follow their objects in:
who-questions: Who did you go there with?
infinitive phrases: She is nice to speak to.
passive structures: A doctor was sent for.
relative clauses: That's the book I told you about.
Prepositions can be grouped due to their common meaning and can be studied through comparison and
specific linguistic structures in which they are used.
As a rule the following groups of prepositions are singled out:
prepositions of place and direction, prepositions of time, prepositions of cause and purpose, other
groups of prepositions. The use of prepositions is studied in idiomatic phrases, in passive structures, in
various functions in a sentence, through comparison with similar structures, e.g. N's N.
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