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English Grammar

Position of a Preposition

A preposition is usually placed before the noun or pronoun it governs.

He stood before me.
The cat is on the table.
The bird was in the cage.

The preposition is placed at the end of a sentence when the object of the preposition is the relative pronoun that.

This is the book that I am searching for.

The preposition is placed at the end of a sentence when the object of the preposition is an interrogative pronoun.

What are you looking at?
Who are you talking about?

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Position of Prepositions
Different kinds of Prepositions
Correct use of some prepositions
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