Parts of speech prepositions

Question 1

what are the most common prepositions

Answer 1

about, above, across, after, against, amongst, around, as , at, before, behind, below, beside, between, by, despite, down, during, for, from, in, inside, into, off, out, till, on, outside, over, past, since, than, through, to, towards, under, until, up, with, without,

Question 2

How do we distinguish between the preposition to and the infinitive marker to?

Answer 2

The preposition to comes before a noun, while the infinitive marker to comes before the base form of a verb

Question 3

What does a preposition do?

Answer 3

They introduce a prepositional phrase and are followed by a prepositional complement.
ex: we met Amy after the match
we left our luggage at the airport.

Question 4

can a prepositional which is may be a noun phrase also be a clause?

Answer 4

yes,
ex: we met amy after leaving the kids to school
as you cans see,
despite earning a good salary

Question 5

What does simple prepositions express?

Answer 5

A very wide range of meanings. The most common of these are location, position, time and duration.

Question 6

Does some prepostions consist of more than one word?

Answer 6

Yes, examples are: according to, because of , by means of , due to, for the sake of, in charge of , in spite of , in addtion to.