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The document discusses different relations indicated by prepositions in 3 categories: 1) Place - prepositions that indicate spatial relations like "in", "on", "under", "behind", etc. 2) Time - prepositions that indicate temporal relations like "before", "after", "during", "until", etc. 3) Agency/Instrumentality - prepositions that indicate how something was done or the means by which it occurred, like "by", "with", "at", etc. It provides examples for each category.

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The document discusses different relations indicated by prepositions in 3 categories: 1) Place - prepositions that indicate spatial relations like "in", "on", "under", "behind", etc. 2) Time - prepositions that indicate temporal relations like "before", "after", "during", "until", etc. 3) Agency/Instrumentality - prepositions that indicate how something was done or the means by which it occurred, like "by", "with", "at", etc. It provides examples for each category.

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Relations expressed by Prepositions 381.

The following are some of the most common relations indicated by prepositions:-1) Place; as, Went about the world ; ran across the road; leaned against a wall; fell among thieves; quarreled among themselves ; at deaths door; athwart the deck; stood before the door; stood behind the curtain; lies below the surface sat beside me plies between Mumbai and Alibag ; stand by me rain comes from the clouds; in the sky; fell into a ditch ; lies near his heart ; Kolkata is on the Hooghly ; the cliff hangs over the sea ; tour round the world ; marched through the town; came to the end of the road ; put pen to paper; traveled towards Nasik ; lay under the table ; climbed up the ladder ; lies upon the table ; climbed up the adder ; lies up on the table ; within the house; stood without the gate. 2) Time ; as, After his death at an early date; arrived before me; behind time; by three o clock; during the whole day; for many years; from 1st April: in the afternoon; sat watching far on into the night; lived under the Moghuls; on Monday pending his return since yesterday; lasted through the night throughout the year wait till to-morrow ten minutes to twelve towards evening until his arrival rise with the sun within a month. 3) Agency , instrumentality ; as, Sell goods at auction; sent the parcel by post was stunned by a blow; was destroyed by fire; heard this through a friend; cut it with a knife. 4) Manner as Dying by inches; fought with courage; worked with earnestness, won with ease. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs; pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.

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