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Prepositions

A preposition shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other word in the sentence.

Common Prepositions:

* aboard as but (except) inside outside toward

* about at by into over under

* above before despite like past underneath

* across behind down near pending until

* after below during of regarding unto

* against beneath except off since up

* along beside excepting on than upon

* amid besides for onto through with

* among between from opposite throughout within

* around beyond in out to without

A compound preposition is a preposition that is made up of more than one word.

Common Compound Prepositions:

* according to apart from because of in front of next to out of

* ahead of aside from by no means in spite of on account of owing to

* along with as to in addition to instead of on top of

Phrases that begin with a preposition usually end with a noun or a pronoun called the object of the preposition.

Conjunctions: Coordinating, Correlative, and Subordinating

A conjunction joins single words or groups of words. A coordinating conjunction joins words or groups of words that have equal grammatical importance. Coordinating conjunctions include and, but, or, nor, for, so and yet.

Correlative conjunctions work in pairs to join words and groups of words of equal importance. Correlative conjunctions include both...and, just as..so, not only...but also, either ...or, neither...nor, and whether...or.

A subordinating conjunction joins a dependent idea or clause to a main clause.

Common Subordinating Conjunctions

* after as though provided (that) until

* although because since when

* as before so long as whenever

* as far as considering (that) so that where

* as long as in as much as though wherever

* as soon as in order that unless while

Conjunction Adverbs and Interjections

A conjunction adverb is used to clarify the relationship between two clauses of equal weight in a sentence.

"I left the keys in the house; consequently, I was locked out.

Conjunction Adverbs

* again further indeed nevertheless still

* also furthermore also nonetheless then

* besides hence likewose otherwise therefore

* consequently however moreover similarly thus

An interjection is a word or phrase that expresses emotion or exclamation. An interjection has no grammatical connection to other words. Commas follow mild interjections; exclamation points follow stronger ones. Common interjections include oh; oh, my; good grief; my heavens; darn; gee whiz; and well.