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Prepositions

Prepositions of place or location

Prepositions of time

Prepositions of movement or direction

Multi-purpose prepositions

Ending sentences with prepositions

Sentences ending in phrasal verbs

Verbs nouns or adjectives plus prepositions

Particles

Interjections

Sentences ending in phrasal verbs

Some sentences that appear to end with a preposition actually end with what’s called a phrasal verb, which is fine:

The author gave her manuscript to her agent to look over.

The word ‘over’ by itself is a preposition. However, in this sentence, it forms part of the phrasal verb ‘to look over’. There are lots of phrasal verbs around; here’s one more example:

I am not sure if he is too tired to get up.

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