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English Prepositions ExplainedSeth Lindstromberg
[Not in series 88] 1998
► pp. v–v
Table of contents
List of Symbols and Abbreviationsvi
1. Introduction1
2. Orientation9
3. Toward(s), to, in/into, inward, outward, through, out (of), from (vs of), away (from)26
4. On vs off; onto; on vs in; on top (of); on the inside/outside (of), etc; on vs back, forward, backward, ahead, against, toward, on vs out, off, from, away; off vs from; off & near; back vs backward52
5. In vs on & out; in vs inside, within; in vs on, during70
6. Beside, along, near, alongside, against82
7. Between, among, amid, inter-90
8. Across (from), opposite, cattycorner/kittycorner98
9. In front (of), behind, in back of vs before, in the back/front of, next105
10. Above, over, across, through, throughout, via, during111
11. (A)round, about vs by/past, over, on132
12. By vs near, close (to), next to, past, (a)round; near vs close (to), next to141
13. Under, below, beneath, underneath152
14. Back, backward(s)161
15. At vs in, on, to, toward(s), by, with165
16. Against vs into, on, at, until/till175
17. Up vs down, off, out183
18. Of vs to, off, about, from195
19. With vs without, of, from/out of, against, for, within, together, apart208
20. For vs to, of221
21. More about To, vs with, for, against231
22. Prepositions in phrasal verbs243
23. Key abstract notions275
Annotated Bibliography291
Glossary and Index of Terms296
Index of Prepositions and Features of Language300
Index of Abstract Notions307
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