English Grammar and Composition Learning

Def: Preposition is a word that sits before a noun and makes a meaning. In English grammar its use is available. Look at  the following sentences: There is a book on the table. He lives at Chaumuhani. Mr. Pot lived in Dhaka . The bird flew away over my head. In above sentences on, at, in, over placed before the table, Chaumuhani, Dhaka , my head. So on, at, in, over are called prepositions. On other hands Pre - means previous and position means situation. So it alphabetically means previous situation. There is a question, where it sits. It sits before noun or pronoun, so it is called preposition. Recognized definition : A preposition is a word placed before a noun or noun equivalent to show in what relation the person or thing denoted thereby stand to something else —J.C. Nesfield. A preposition is a word used with a noun or a pronoun stands the person or thing denoted by the noun or pronoun stands in relation to something else —Wren & Martin. A preposition is a w