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Prepositions (The Lettuce)

Prepositions link nouns, pronouns, and phrases

to the other words in a sentence. The word or

phrase that is introduced is called the object of

the preposition.

Simple prepositions include about, above, after,

around, before, below, beneath, during,

following, inside, into, near, onto, outside, over,

through, to, toward, under, and upon.

Let us consider how lettuce is like prepositions.

Lettuce acts as a bridge between the bread and

the meat. Plus, no sandwich is complete without

that wonderful crunch. In the same way,

prepositions are that missing link. They govern

nouns (or pronouns) to express a relationship

between nouns (or pronouns) and other words

in a sentence.