PREPOSITIONS.

Name the words in the following sentences that express the relation of a

noun or pronoun to some other word:—

1. We withdrew from the room.

2. The boys ran through the hall.

3. This box is made of paper.

4. I went to school with him.

A word that is used to express the relation of a noun or pronoun to some

other word in the sentence is called a =preposition=.

The noun or pronoun which the preposition connects in sense with some

other word in the sentence, is called its =object=; as, The men are in

the _field_.

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