Definition
A preposition is an adposition that occurs before its complement.
Examples
- to
- with
- from
Sources 5
- Crystal 1980, 282
- Hartmann and Stork 1972, 182–183
- Mish 1991, 929
- Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985, 657–659
- Richards, Platt, and Weber 1985, 227