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English prepositions – at, by, in, on Posted by Gabriele on Jul 19, 2016
This post offers an overview of four common English prepositions and how they are used when talking about time, transportation, and location. I am sure you see and use these four prepositions all the time. Prepositions are tricky for a lot of people – they can be hard to learn to use correctly as they…
Should I use ‘from’ or ‘since’ in this sentence? Posted by Gabriele on Dec 5, 2013
I was listening to a news report on the radio last night and heard a non-native speaker of English, make a very common grammar mistake, misusing the prepositions ‘for’ and ‘since.’ So, I thought today I would write a review of how to use these words correctly as prepositions when talking about time. In…
Preposition review: On, in, at Posted by Gabriele on Oct 8, 2013
Learning to correctly use prepositions in a second language is a grammar problem that many language learners encounter. Learning new prepositions is often hard because the prepositions that a person knows in his or her native language are used differently in the language he or she is trying to learn, in this case English. This…
Parts of Speech in English – Pronouns and Prepositions Posted by Gabriele on Jan 12, 2012
Today we continue with our review of the different parts of speech in the English language. The two parts of speech that I will review today are pronouns and prepositions. Pronouns Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns. You use a pronoun instead of a noun, that is, the pronoun replaces the noun…