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Prepositions, they learned, did not belong at the end of a sentence.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2017

Prepositions, participles, who and whom and more are the focus of the new documentary "Grammar Revolution."

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2014

Prepositions came in, by, and near; With Conjunctions, a wee little band,   As either you or he,   But neither I nor she; They held their great friends by the hand.

From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)

The Proper Prepositions aig, air, &c., govern the Dative; as, aig mo chois, at my foot; air mo laimh, on my hand.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander

For this reason, it is not only unnecessary, but erroneous, to reckon up six Cases in Gaelic, distinguished not by the form of the Noun, but by the Prepositions prefixed.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander