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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Prepositions

0Hello,02br
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00Actually I've spent some time learning te English grammar but it seems i hit the dead end. Nobody was able to explain to me when i should use prepositions like TO, AT, IN, INTO, ON, BETWEEN, UNDER, IN FRONT etc.02br
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00What's the difference between these two? say i want to ask you to see my new web site:02br
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00- Please take a look at the new site i finished last night.02br
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00- Please take a look in the new site i finished last night.02br
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00or to answer to your question where she lives?02br
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00- She lives in Japan.02br
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00- She lives at Japan.02br
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00I choosed these two examples but there are many other situations that i cannot handle with.02br
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00Often people make a jokes on my english especially when i missuse the prepositions.02br
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00Thank you very much for the clarification.0-
  

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02br 02br 00Thanks in advance 05002br 02br 00EDIT: more bright example is: 00the family is at dinner (it differs a lot in my native language if i try to translate it literally)010id1

  • 02br 02br 00Thanks in advance 05002br 02br 00EDIT: more bright example is: 00the family is at dinner (it differs a lot in my native language if i try to translate it literally)010id1
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0This is my thread/question but, I didn't notice that i should join to the forum in order to be able to post the question.02br
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00I offer my appologize for the inconvinience.02br
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00Thanks in advance 05002br
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0Unfortunately there are no hard and fast rules to help you learn correct prepositions, it's really a case of having to learn which is appropriate for each context.0-
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0 Search (top right search box) with02br
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00 and you'll get many threads with examples, e.g.: 02br
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0 It may help to memorize not just verbs, but verb and preposition combinations. Practice through patterns, as follows.02br
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00 look - take a look at (something)02br
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00 Take a look at my new site.02br
00 Take a look at my new car.02br
00 Take a look at that desk.02br
00 Take a look at that book.02br
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0All the replies were helpful. I agree with Nona that there isn't fast rule by which i'd learn correct prepositions but actually CJ has pointed me in right direction. Only by repeating the same patterns i can come at least close to be good and to make less mistakes.02br
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00Thank you guys you are great. I will keep visiting this site. 050010id1
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Hello, like the other people here I agree that prepositions are hard to learn, so many of them have to be committed to memory. However, there are three basic prepositions for time and for location that are easy to memorize. I would like to share that with you.

Prepositions AT, ON, and IN for location.

We use the preposition AT for a specific address.

ex: I live at 123
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Hi , benny777

If u possible can send me the information about get in different ways ..

Thanks & regards

Mallikarjun.

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