complex prepositions
definition
A complex preposition is a word group (such as "along with" or "on account of") that functions like an ordinary one-word preposition.
Complex prepositions can be divided into two groups:
1. two-word units (a word + a simple preposition), such as apart from (also known as compound prepositions)
2. three-word units (a simple preposition + a noun + a simple preposition), such as by means of (also known as phrasal prepositions)
with/in regard to
in line with
with respecto to
according to
in accordance to
because of
in spite of
on behalf of
but for
in view of
except for
apart from
in front of
along with
"Up until Pearl Harbor, half of the 48 states had laws making it illegal to employ a married woman."
"Her name is Miss Mey. She owns all the land for miles around, as well as the house in which we live."
(Alice Walker, "Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self," 1983)
"Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments."
(John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath. Viking, 1939)
complex prepositions
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complex prepositions
definition
A complex preposition is a word group (such as "along with" or "on account of") that functions like an ordinary one-word preposition. Complex prepositions can be divided into two groups: 1. two-word units (a word + a simple preposition), such as apart from (also known as compound prepositions) 2. three-word units (a simple preposition + a noun + a simple preposition), such as by means of (also known as phrasal prepositions)
with/in regard to
in line with
with respecto to
according to
in accordance to
because of
in spite of
on behalf of
but for
in view of
except for
apart from
in front of
along with
"Up until Pearl Harbor, half of the 48 states had laws making it illegal to employ a married woman."
"Her name is Miss Mey. She owns all the land for miles around, as well as the house in which we live." (Alice Walker, "Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self," 1983)
"Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments." (John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath. Viking, 1939)