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| - From [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Preposition]] praepositio, from praeponere (to place before); prae (before) + ponere (to put, place); compare French préposition. (See position, and compare provost.) So called because it is usually placed before the word with which it is phrased, as in a bridge of iron, he comes from town, it is good for food, he escaped by running.
- A preposition was a part of English grammar. In 2373, Nog described his alterations of Jake Sisko's story Past Prologue by saying he changed "a preposition here, some punctuation there." (DS9: "The Ascent")
- Prepositions perpositons in english are a closed set. They can be fouond in a sentence by asking the quesiton where. the difficult part of preposions in english is that english uses prepositions to express ideas that are expressed differently in other languages .
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| - From [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Preposition]] praepositio, from praeponere (to place before); prae (before) + ponere (to put, place); compare French préposition. (See position, and compare provost.) So called because it is usually placed before the word with which it is phrased, as in a bridge of iron, he comes from town, it is good for food, he escaped by running.
- A preposition was a part of English grammar. In 2373, Nog described his alterations of Jake Sisko's story Past Prologue by saying he changed "a preposition here, some punctuation there." (DS9: "The Ascent")
- Prepositions perpositons in english are a closed set. They can be fouond in a sentence by asking the quesiton where. the difficult part of preposions in english is that english uses prepositions to express ideas that are expressed differently in other languages .
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