-usually words like of, with by, for, from, to, in, on, into, onto, at
-something placed before a noun or pronoun
-preposition (< Lat. prae = before, + positio, placement < positus
p.p.p. of pono, ponere, posui, positus)
-have nouns or noun phrases (or pronouns) after them, and the combination of preposition + noun = prepositional
phrase. The noun after them is called the "object of a
preposition." ;