The Formulation of the Problem
says “Prepositions usually comes before the word they control”
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. The word they control means the object of the preposition, which is controlled by the
preposition. For example “Put the dishes on the table”, the word on is controlling the words the table. The word on called preposition and the words
the table called the object of the preposition. It is shows the function of the preposition that shows the place where is the dishes. It will be different when
the word on change by the word among, between, or behind.
The combination of preposition and the object of preposition called a prepositional phrase. It means that preposition never stands alone, and
preposition only has a meaning when it combined. For example, in the
sentence “The cat sleeps on the sofa”, the word “on” is a preposition, introducing the prepositional phrase “on the sofa”.
According to Marcella Frank, preposition differ from other part of speech in that each is composed of a small class of words that have no formal
characteristic endings and each signal syntactic structures that function as one of the other parts of speech
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. This statement makes a sense why learning preposition is not easy for a beginner learner.
The writer summarized that preposition connect one part of speech with another. Preposition always followed by noun or pronoun which is called the
object of preposition. The preposition is always before the noun or pronoun. When the preposition combines with noun or pronoun, the combination called
a prepositional phrase. A preposition is used in a prepositional phrase to indicate place, position, time, or method.