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How to pronounce “preposition”

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Pronunciation guide for preposition

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of preposition with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
The nit-picking glory of The New Yorker's Comma Queen"Like" in this sense is a preposition, and a preposition takes an object,
Definition summary
(grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.

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How to pronounce preposition

The nit-picking glory of The New Yorker's Comma Queen

"Like" in this sense is a preposition, and a preposition takes an object,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “preposition”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.
  • (grammar, broad sense) An adposition.
  • (obsolete) A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
  • [Verb]
  • (sometimes proscribed) Alternative spelling of pre-position.

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