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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

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

Prepositions are especially liable to be misused, and their correct use comes from a study of literature, not of the dictionary.

From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)

The Improper Prepositions govern the following Noun in the Genitive; as, air feadh na t�re, throughout the land; an aghaidh an t-sluaigh, against the people; r� na h-�ine, during the time.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander