for / on / at / from / in / for / to / into / of A few days ago ___ one of my classes a student remarked about a preposition that was ___ a paragraph that she was reading. She really couldn’t understand why that particular preposition was used. I tried to explain, […]
Prepositions ____ me and prepositions ____ you
((in, at, to, of, with, from, on, for, )) After the last article that I wrote ____ soapbox I was told by Adrian that he had received a lot _____positive feedback ____ it. I was very happy ____ hear this, but unfortunately I didn’t think far enough ____ advance and prepare a proper master answer […]
ye old pesky prepositions
One of the toughest things for any student to master when learning English has to be prepositions. Those small little words found in-between our nouns, verbs and adjectives. A small change here and there can make all the difference. For years I studied Japanese grammar and always found the choices of に、へ、は、が、を、and と (to name […]