 | Moffatt and Paige - 1880 - 104 páginas
...language are placed in this class, or Part of Speech. The word "Preposition" means placing before, and a Preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun, to show the relation in which it stands to some other word in a sentence. Thus we say, The lamp is on the table,... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1881 - 210 páginas
...before. What, then, may we call to, and all similar words T Prepositions. What is a Preposition ? A Preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun, to show the relation between it and some other word or words in the sentence. Mention the principal prepositions.*... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1882 - 618 páginas
...Prescription and pondero, -a fus, to weigh, from pottdut, a weight.) Preposition, prep-o-zish'un, «. a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation to some other word of the sentence. — adj. Ргврой'tional. - adv. Preposi'tionally. [Fr.— L.... | |
 | 1883 - 616 páginas
...it ; that is, to qualify it, or define the manner how. The PREPOSITION (from the Latin pratpositum) is a word "placed before" a noun or pronoun to show its relation to something previously mentioned. The CONJUNCTION (from the Latin conjunctio) is used for the " joining together"... | |
 | 1883 - 654 páginas
...comprehensible. 8. Define a preposition, and show that prepositions do not always precede the noun they govern. A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show the relation which it bears to some other word ¡n the sentence denoting either a thing, action, or... | |
 | Joseph Hughes - 1883 - 568 páginas
...comprehensible. 8. Define a preposition, and show that prepositions do not always precede the noun they govern. A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show the relation which it bears to some other word in the sentence denoting either a thing, action, or... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1883 - 530 páginas
...as an adverb, or an adverbial particle introducing the following sentence. III. THE PREPOSITION. A Preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show the relation in which it stands to some other part of the sentence. The most usual function of the... | |
 | Jean Roemer - 1884 - 156 páginas
...colloquial, but not the less good English, and show that the usual definition of the preposition as " a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation to some other word of the sentence," is incorrect, and the name itself a misnomer, as it neither expresses... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1887 - 168 páginas
...The cherries on this tree are ripe. 7. They passed through the city. 8. His coat was lined with silk. A word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation to some other word in the sentence is called a preposition. The noun or pronoun that is used after a preposition... | |
 | John Kennedy - 1890 - 304 páginas
...between), juxtaposition (a placing near), opposite (placed against), posture (a placing), preposition (a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation to some other word), proposition (a statement put forward), repository (a storehouse where things are... | |
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Preposition •? A Preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun, to show the relation between it, and some other word or words in the sentence. 
