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(b) to denote the agent or the doer in the passive voice.
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Example : Cricket was played him.
'At' and 'On’
'At' is used :
to denote a particular time but can also be used to refer to indefinite periods.
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Examples : (i) The Muslims wear new clothes Eid.
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(ii) He came here 9 o'clock.
'On' is used :
to specifies days and dates, to refer a surface of something and the parts of the body.
Examples : (i) He with his father is coming here on Monday.
(ii) Christians celebrate Christmas on 25 December.
(iii) I kept the fruits on the dinning table.
'From', 'For' and 'Since'
'From' is used :
to express a point of time.
Example : Our examination will begin from the 17th of April.
'For' is used :
to indicate the period of time.
Example : He has been absent for three days.
'Since' is used :
to express a point of time when the action started.
Example : He has been living here since 2021.
3. Preposition of Direction :
Preposition of direction denote the direction or movement of persons or things with
respect to something else.
Example : The lion was moving towards the herd of goats.
In the above sentence, towards is the preposition. Some other prepositions of direction
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are— to into against at for etc.
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