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Single words
1. a, an (meaning "per")
2. abeam
3. aboard
4. about
'bout, bout (abbreviations)
5. above
bove (archaic)
6. abreast
7. abroad
8. absent (law)
9. across
cross (archaic)
11. after
12. against
'gainst, gainst (poetic or archaic); again, gain (archaic)
13. along
'long (abbreviation), alongst (archaic)
14. alongside
15. amid
amidst, mid, midst (poetic or archaic);
16. among
amongst (poetic or archaic)
'mong, mong, 'mongst (abbreviations)
19. around
'round, round (abbreviations)
20. as
21. astride
22. at
@ (abbreviation)
24. bar
25. before
afore, tofore (dialectal or archaic)
B4 (abbreviation)
26. behind
ahind (dialectal or archaic)
27. below
ablow, allow (Scotland)
28. beneath
'neath, neath (poetic)
29. beside
30. besides
31. between
atween (dialectal or archaic)
32. beyond
ayond (dialectal or archaic)
33. but
34. by
37. come
dehors (law)
38. despite
spite (abbreviation)
39. down
40. during
41. except
42. for
4 (abbreviation)
43. from
44. in
45. inside
46. into
47. less
48. like
49. minus
50. near
nearer (comparative), nearest (superlative)
anear (archaic)
52. of
o' (poetic or eye-dialect)
53. off
54. on
55. onto
56. opposite
57. out
outen (archaic or dialectal)
58. outside
59. over
o'er (poetic)
61. past
62. per
69. save
sauf (archaic)
70. short
71. since
sithence (archaic)
72. than
73. through
thru (abbreviation)
74. throughout
thruout (abbreviation)
75. to
2 (abbreviation)
77. under
78. underneath
79. unlike
80. until
'til, til, till (abbreviations)
81. up
82. upon
'pon, pon (abbreviations)
83. upside
84. versus
vs., v. (abbreviations)
85. via
88. with
w/, c (abbreviations)
89. within
w/i (abbreviation)
90. without
w/o (abbreviation)
91. worth
Multiple words
Two words
1. according to
2. adjacent to
3. ahead of
4. apart from
5. as for
6. as of
7. as per
8. as regards
9. aside from
10. astern of
11. back to
12. because of
13. close to
14. due to
17. inside of
18. instead of
19. left of
20. near to
21. next to
22. opposite of
23. opposite to
25. out of
26. outside of
27. owing to
28. prior to
29. pursuant to
31. regardless of
32. right of
33. subsequent to
34. such as
35. thanks to
36. up to
Three words
1. as far as is one example of the many expressions which can be analyzed as as+adjective+as
rather than a multiword preposition
2. as opposed to
3. as soon as
4. as well as
English has many idiomatic expressions that act as prepositions that can be analyzed as a
preposition followed by a noun (sometimes preceded by the denite or, occasionally, indenite
article) followed by another preposition.[1] Common examples include:
1. at the behest of
2. by means of
3. by virtue of
5. in accordance with
6. in addition to
7. in case of
8. in front of
9. in lieu of
10. in order to
11. in place of
12. in point of
13. in spite of
14. on account of
15. on behalf of
16. on top of
17. with regard to (sometimes written as "w/r/t")
Archaic or dialectal
2. abeam (nautical)
5. ajax (Polari)
6. alongst
7. aloof
11. behither
16. emforth
24. gainward
37. uptill
Postpositions
1. ago
2. apart
3. aside
aslant (archaic)
4. away
5. hence
7. on
See also
References
1. ^ Rodney Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum; et al. (2002). "chapter 7 3.1". The Cambridge Grammar
of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp.618620. ISBN0-521-43146-
8.
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