Grammar Rules: Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections
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This document provides a definition and examples of English grammar concepts, including prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. It covers different types of prepositions, conjunctions and interjections, and gives several examples of how to use each.
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PREPOSITION -- word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun to shoes direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships or to introduce an object. TIME -- used to show when something is happening. used; on, from, after, until and during. PLACE -- indicate the place or position of someth...
PREPOSITION -- word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun to shoes direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships or to introduce an object. TIME -- used to show when something is happening. used; on, from, after, until and during. PLACE -- indicate the place or position of something used; on, behind, over, between and in front DIRECTION -- used to denote the direction in which something travels or moves Used; toward, into, to, from and across LOCATION -- used employed to denote the location of a particular object. Used; at, in and on SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP -- used to denote objects movement away from the source and towards a source. Used; against, opposite, beneath, beside and around PREPOSITINAL PHRASE -- a combination of preposition and a noun (the object it is affecting) Used; on time, for a change, at once, and with the help of In/on/at -- prepositions can be used to depict both time and position **PLACE** In -- show general On -- refer to more specific At -- refer to very specific **TIME** In -- used to depict general timing e.g months On -- refers to dates days of the week, days of the month and holidays e.g republic day To -- used to denote the end location From -- used to denote the starting location CONJUCTION -- is a word or phrase that connects words, phrases, clauses and sentences together. COORDINATING CONJUNCTION - that connects two or more equal grammatical elements Used; and SUBORDINATING CONJUCTIONS -- used to connect a subordinate clause, also called a dependent clauses to an independent clause. CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS -- are pairs of conjunctions that work together. Used; both, and either...neither nor... rather than INTERJECTION -- is a word or phrase used to express a feeling or to request or demand something Example; **wow!** That bird is huge PRIMARY INTERJECTION -- is a word or sound that can only be used as an interjection Example; um-uhm SECONDARY INTERJECTIONS -- is a word that is typically used as another part of speech (such as a noun, verb, or adjective) that can be also used as an interjection Example' awesome! VOLITIVE INTERJECTIONS -- is used to give a command or make a request Ex. Shh! EMOTIVE INJECTIONS -- used to express an emotion or to indicate a reaction to something Ex. ew