Презентация, доклад на тему Prepositions

PP 14-1a

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Determine inclusion, exclusion, and placement of prepositions.

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Our manager recognizes our strengths and compensates for our weaknesses.
Top executives spend approximately 90 percent of their time with others.
The need for constant approval at work can be counterproductive.

according to in place of ahead of
in regard to along with in spite of
apart from instead of because of
by means of in front of out of

Examples

Examples

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A leader has to dramatize a vision for his or her organization.
Employers need to build the trust of their employees.

No verb appears in a prepositional phrase.

Leaders set high goals and objectives for themselves.

Casual Fridays are in. (In is an adverb that answers the question Where? No object follows the word in.)
 
Causal Friday attire is described in the company handbook. (In is a preposition. In this sentence, it takes the object handbook.)

her him you me us them it whom

Objective Case

We awarded the Web design project to them.
Between you and me, I prefer working in the accounting department.

Carol requested an office with a window.
John Garcia from Newsweek will interview our president next week.
Richard was in Bolivia when he learned about the merger.

A leader assists in problem solving.
A motivated employee completes all assignments with enthusiasm.

The cancelled flight prevented Lynn from going to the leadership seminar.

Use separate prepositions when words cannot be related to one object by the same preposition.

Doug has knowledge of and experience with various management techniques.

Our international headquarters are near the San Francisco airport. (Do not use near to the San Francisco airport.)

Do not repeat a preposition in a sentence if phrases make sense by using the same preposition.

Our president speaks at national and international leadership seminars. (The preposition at does not need to be repeated before national and international since the same preposition applies to both phrases.)

Darrell usually sits beside me during management staff meetings.

Use besides as a preposition to mean “in addition to” or “other than.”

Besides Sherry, the manager promoted Joyce and Bob.

Our manager distributed the work between the two programmers.

Use among to refer to more than two persons, places, activities, ideas, things, or qualities.

I was among those who voted for Andy as the team leader.

The latest sales figures are different from what I expected.
Marion’s leadership style is quite different from mine.

Stacy handles her responsibilities like a true leader.
We are looking for a manager with leadership characteristics like Gordon’s.

Use the conjunction as or as if to join clauses.

Stacy acts as if she wants to be a leader.
This schedule looks as if it were hastily developed.

Do not substitute off for from in certain phrases.

Lorraine borrowed paper from Erica during the meeting. (Do not use off Erica as the prepositional phrase.)

Please place your self-evaluation form in my mailbox.

Use into to indicate “movement or direction from outside to inside” or a “change of condition or form.”

Please step into my office to discuss your concerns.
We divided the report into three sections.

Use to as an infinitive or as a part of an infinitive phrase.

She plans to promote Gale next month.

Use too as an adverb to indicate an “excessive amount” or “also.”

The president made the hiring decision too quickly.
Our company is moving to Minneapolis too.

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