샌즈카지노 | sandscasino | 우리카지노 | 짱카지노 Prepositions are small words that show a relationship between one word and another word in English. They may not exist in another language, or they may be used differently. For example, we can say ‘The banana is in the bowl' in this picture, even though it is not actually in the bowl but is sitting on top of the other fruit. We can say ‘in the bowl' because we think of the banana as part of the whole collection of fruit, not as a separate item. Banana in a fruit bowl. In English, we often see things as concepts and do not examine them literally. That means we can use many prepositions in academic writing. For example, we can talk about an essay on chocolate. Perhaps we think of the essay as sitting on the topic of chocolate. Chocolate underneath an essay paper. We use on because it is the basis for something. Here are the prepositions most commonly used in academic writing, with some explanations for their use: about - around something or enclosing something at - connected to a location for - with a purpose or giving a reason from - the origin of something in - completely or partly enclosed by something of - belonging to something or someone; contained in something on - the basis for something to - in a direction with - connected to something and near something; using something Often there are clues that tell us which preposition to use. For example, in often follows a word with the prefix in or en - involved in; instructing us in; engaging them in. The preposition with often follows a word with the prefix com or con. You also need to consider whether to match your preposition to the word before it or the word after it. e.g. The thesis concentrated on works by contemporary authors. Here, the preposition on follows the verb concentrated. It does not match the noun works. If we rewrite the sentence, we might need a different preposition: e.g. You can see this in works by contemporary authors. Here, the preposition in goes with the noun works because the verb see does not require a preposition. Some verb + preposition combinations are called ‘phrasal verbs’. These verb + preposition combinations are difficult to understand, because the meaning is often hard to guess from the individual words. For example, write up means finish.