{"id":978,"date":"2017-07-11T13:35:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T13:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/?page_id=978"},"modified":"2017-07-11T13:35:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T13:35:06","slug":"categories-of-prepositions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/parts-speech\/the-basics\/the-preposition\/categories-of-prepositions\/","title":{"rendered":"Categories of Prepositions"},"content":{"rendered":"Last updated: July 11, 2017 at 13:35 pm\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo by padrinan\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/07\/e835b7082ef3013ecd0b470de7444e90fe76e6dc10b616489cf9c6_640_group.jpg?w=678\" alt=\"group photo\" \/>Prepositions, generally speaking, can be divided into the following eight categories:<\/p>\n<h2>Prepositions of Time<\/h2>\n<p>at, in, on, for, during, since, by, until, before, after, to, past<\/p>\n<h2>Prepositions of Place<\/h2>\n<p>at, in, on, by, near, close to, next to, beside, between, behind, in front of, above, over, below, under<\/p>\n<h2>Prepositions of Directions or Movement<\/h2>\n<p>to, from, over, above, under, beneath, along, around, across, through, into, out of, toward, towards, away from, unto, off, up, down<\/p>\n<h2>Prepositions of Agency<\/h2>\n<p>by, with<\/p>\n<h2>Prepositions of Instrument or Device<\/h2>\n<p>by, with, on<\/p>\n<h2>Prepositions of Reason or Purpose<\/h2>\n<p>for, through, because, on account of, from<\/p>\n<h2>Prepositions of Connection<\/h2>\n<p>of, to, with<\/p>\n<h2>Prepositions of Origin<\/h2>\n<p>from, of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepositions, generally speaking, can be divided into the following eight categories: Prepositions of Time at, in, on, for, during, since, by, until, before, after, to, past Prepositions of Place at, <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/english\/parts-speech\/the-basics\/the-preposition\/categories-of-prepositions\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":947,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,25,36,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-978","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-advanced-english","category-english-grammar","category-parts-of-speech","category-the-preposition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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