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Common Prepositions List
| about | above | across |
|---|---|---|
| at | before | behind |
| between | but | by |
| during | except | for |
| from | in | like |
- What are the 30 prepositions?
- What are the 10 prepositions?
- What are the 50 most common prepositions?
- How many prepositions do we have?
What are the 30 prepositions?
List of Prepositions
- A aboard, about, above, according to, across, after, against, ahead of, along, amid, amidst, among, around, as, as far as, as of, aside from, at, athwart, atop.
- B barring, because of, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, besides, between, beyond, but (when it means except), by, by means of.
What are the 10 prepositions?
A preposition usually precedes a noun or a pronoun. Here is a list of commonly used prepositions: above, across, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, by, down, from, in, into, near, of, off, on, to, toward, under, upon, with and within.
What are the 50 most common prepositions?
Top 50 Prepositions
| of | 5220 | (preposition) |
|---|---|---|
| down | 94 | (adverb, preposition, adjective) |
| off | 74 | (adverb, preposition, adjective) |
| above | 40 | (adverb, preposition, adjective) |
| near | 13 | (adverb, preposition, adjective) |
How many prepositions do we have?
There are about 150 prepositions in English. Yet this is a very small number when you think of the thousands of other words (nouns, verbs etc). Prepositions are important words. We use individual prepositions more frequently than other individual words.
