Which of the following sentences uses prepositions correctly?

Asked by maham237 @ 29/11/2020 in English viewed by 433 People

A. For years, my parents differed from each other on politics.
B. I sat between my mother, sister, and brother-in-law.
C. The school bus finally arrived at the museum.
D. She might of gone to the party

Answered by maham237 @ 29/11/2020

The sentence that uses preposition correctly is;

"The school bus finally arrived at the museum".

"at" is the preposition and "at the museum" is the prepositional phrase.

Further Explanation;

Preposition

Prepositions are words that connects pronouns, nouns, or phrases with other words in a sentence. They are words that appear before a direct object or an indirect object.
Prepositions act to connect objects, time, locations and directions of a given sentence. They are normally short words that are followed by a noun or a pronoun.
Examples of prepositions include; since, at, before, after, besides, under, over, into, in, etc.

Preposition phrases

They are phrases that contain a preposition as the head, an object or a noun and a modifier.
Examples of preposition phrase; at the museum in the sentence, “The school bus finally arrived at the museum”.
Prepositions introduce the object of a prepositional phrase. In the case, “at” is the preposition, and “the museum” is the subject of the preposition.

Functions of preposition

Preposition may perform the following functions

A

ct as an adjective modifying a noun
Act as a verb modifying a verb
They also act as particles in phrasal verb. For example in; wake up, pass out, look up, etc
etc

Key words: Preposition, preposition phrases, Uses of preposition phrases

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Level: High school

Subject: English

Topic: Parts of speech

Sub-topic: Preposition

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