In every language there is a classification of words according to their functions in a sentence.The same thing takes place in the English language.This traditional classification of words called parts of speech.Preposition - a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to something (or someone).Helping to understand the relationship between the two words, it is a great type of grammatical category known as function words (or applications).Virtually all the English prepositions are the official words, although there are exceptions.Prepositions have two functions.The first - to combine a noun with the rest of the proposal.The second - to indicate the position of the noun (object).
small example: Kate is sitting at the table (Kate sitting at the table).The lad stands at the car (Man standing at the machine).There is a flower shop at the corner of the street (at the corner of the street there are flower kiosk).Each sentence, the words «at» - an excuse which defines the relationship between two objects, indicating presence in a particular point in space (for, at, on).
English prepositions can be one-piece (for example, over; by; before; into; of) and complex (in fact the phrase, with two or more words - along with; in spite of; together with and others).
In English the preposition - «preposition» (pre + position = put in front).Accordingly, it is generally in front of another word.This can be a noun, a pronoun, the noun phrase and the gerund.For example: - What did you step on?- I step on the brake;- What are you hit?- I pressed the brake.English prepositions may change their position, but they are still closely associated with the same object.Although it must be said that the debate as to whether it is acceptable excuse to detach from its object or end a sentence pretext conducted continuously.Philologists have different views on this issue.
What pretexts depending on the offer to use, relatively easy to understand, the main thing - to remember.In general, they can be divided into three main categories - time, location, direction.
prepositions of time in the English language function as indicators of the fact that at some point something happens (happened or will happen).
They have champagne in the morning, brandy in the afternoon and Martini in the evening (they drink champagne in the morning, at noon, brandy, martini night).
He read the book during the night (he was reading the book for the night).
Jonathan Swift lived in the seventeenth-eighteenth centuries (Jonathan Swift lived in 17-18 centuries).
There was no plane for Paris on that day (that day Paris was not an airplane).
Let's go to the movies at eight o'clock (Let's go to the movies at eight o'clock).
English prepositions of place, as their name suggests, associated noun (pronoun, noun phrase, gerund) with a certain place.For example: Your ring has rolled under the sofa (Your ring rolled under the sofa).The dog barks behind a door (dog barks at the door).
And the last category, prepositions directions, explain the movement to something (to, to, to).The main one is an excuse «to», he points to the direction of the target (financial position).All the boys and girls in the UK go to school (In the UK, all children go to school).The pear fell to the ground (Pear fell to the ground).
If the goal - the case, «to» is characterized by an infinitive.We go by train from Moscow to Perm to see our parents (We are going on a train from Moscow to Perm to see the parents).
Two pretext of this category are formed by very simple;by combining «to» + «on» = onto (used to indicate the movement of the surface; He gets onto the donkey) and in + to = into (inward movement; A man walks into a restaurant).
Many English prepositions are subject to change, are other parts of speech: adverb Union.For example: We are in the in the bedroom (we in the bedroom).Please come in (Please enter).In the first case «in» - excuse the second - adverb.Everyone came but Adam (Everyone came except Adam; but -predlog).She was not there but her boy-friend was (she was not there, but her friend was; but - Union).
