Prepositions of Place

What is a preposition of place?

A preposition of place describes where something is located in reference to something else, or where something occurred or will occur.

Check the table below for a list of prepositions of place and when they are used, with example sentences.

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Note: The bolded words are the prepositions of place, while the rest of the underlined words are the objects of those prepositions. The phrases containing those objects are called prepositional phrases.