... Consequently, a preposition can never stand alone, it must be contained with a phrase called a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition followed by a prepositional ... verb/adjective/conjunction/etc + preposition e.g : owing to, due to, because of, etc + preposition + noun + preposition e.g : by means of, in comparison with, in front of b. Depending on the relational ... prepositions can be devided into many types. Some popular ones are: - preposition of place/location e.g: at, above, in, on, by, off, etc - preposition of time eg: before, after, during, at, in, on, ...