Prepositions

Prepositions
Prepositions relate two events in time or two people or things in space.[84] They form a closed class.[84] They also represent abstract relations between two entities:[84] Examples:
("after" "We came home from Mr. Boythorn's after six pleasant weeks."[88]
("after" "'That was done with a bamboo,' said the boy, after one glance."[89]
("to" "I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, ..."[90]
("between" and "through" "Between two golden tufts of summer grass, I see the world through hot air as through glass, ..."[91]
("during" "During these years at Florence, Leonardo's history is the history of his art; he himself is lost in the bright cloud of it."[92]
("of" "When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrances of things past."[93]
Prepositions are accompanied by prepositional complements;[94] these are usually noun phrases.[94] In the above examples, the prepositional complements are:
preposition: "after"; prepositional complement: "six pleasant weeks"
preposition: "after"; prepositional complement: "one glance"
preposition: "to"; prepositional complement: "the seas"; preposition: "to"; prepositional complement: "the vagrant gypsy life";
preposition: "Between"; prepositional complement: "two golden tufts of summer grass,"; preposition: "through"; prepositional complement: "hot air"; preposition: "as through"; prepositional complement: "glass."
preposition: "during"; prepositional complement: "these years at Florence."
preposition: "of"; prepositional complement: "sweet silent thought"; preposition: "of"; prepositional complement: "things past."
[edit]Prepositional phrases
A prepositional phrase is formed when a preposition combines with its complement.[95] In the above examples, the prepositional phrases are:
prepositional phrase: "after six pleasant weeks"
prepositional phrase: "after one glance"
prepositional phrases: "to the seas" and "to the vagrant gypsy life"
prepositional phrases: "Between two golden tufts of summer grass," "through hot air" and "as through glass."
prepositional phrase: "During these years at Florence."
prepositional phrases "of sweet silent thought" and "of things past."