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finally             rarely               usually
                                       last               really                very
                                       later             recently               when
                                                                              yesterday


            Prepositions

                                                 Frequently Used Prepositions
                       about           below            during        of*              till
                       above           beneath          except        off              to*
                       across          beside           for           on               toward
                       after           besides          from          out              under
                       against         between          in*           outside          until
                       around          beyond           inside        over             up
                       at              but (except)     into          since            upon
                       before          by               like          through          with
                       behind          down             near          throughout       without

                          * of, to, in are three of the ten most frequently used words in the English language.

                                                   Compound Prepositions
                              Some prepositions are compound; they consist of more than one word.
                     according to   out of         by way of        regardless of     in spite of
                     as far as      in front of    except for       on account of     instead of
                                                   because of       with regard to

            Conjunctions

                                                   Coordinating Conjunctions
                                    and         or       so        for         yet
                                    but         nor

                                                  Subordinating Conjunctions
                        after*      because        once           unless         where
                        although    before*        since          until          wherever
                        as          by the time    so that        when           whether or not
                        as if       if             that           whenever       why
                        as though   in case

                                       * after and before may also function as prepositions

                                                     Conjunctive Adverbs
                                 accordingly       hence                of course
                                 also              however              otherwise
                                 anyhow            indeed               similarly
                                 as a result       instead              still
                                 besides           likewise             subsequently
                                 consequently      meanwhile            then
                                 conversely        moreover             there


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