A preposition is:
A) A word which shows the relation of a noun to another noun in the sentence.
B) A word which shows the relation of a noun to another word in the sentence.
C) A word which shows the relation of a verb to another word in the sentence.
D) A word which shows the relation of a verb to another verb in the sentence.
I answered B
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I don't like any of these definitions -- but I suppose B is best.
They were little to no help but thank you I thought B made more sense:)
I never taught the definition of a preposition. I just had my students recognize prepositions. They were really good at recognizing prepositional phrases.
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