complex prepositions
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Created on December 29, 2020
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complex prepositions
according to
apart from
except for
in accordance to
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A complex preposition is a word group (such as "along with" or "on account of") that functions like an ordinary one-word preposition. Complex prepositions can be divided into two groups: 1. two-word units (a word + a simple preposition), such as apart from (also known as compound prepositions) 2. three-word units (a simple preposition + a noun + a simple preposition), such as by means of (also known as phrasal prepositions)
definition
because of
in front of
"Up until Pearl Harbor, half of the 48 states had laws making it illegal to employ a married woman."
"Her name is Miss Mey. She owns all the land for miles around, as well as the house in which we live." (Alice Walker, "Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self," 1983)
"Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments." (John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath. Viking, 1939)
in line with
with/in regard to
with respecto to
in view of
on behalf of
in spite of
but for
along with
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