Preguntas sobre ejemplos de oraciones con, y la definición y uso de "Preposition"

A: at
you could just say "our kid is 5'6"

A: When we are talking about amounts, in is often used.

It can mean within the limits or bounds of, or with reference to.

https://www.wordnik.com/words/in

I made $500 in profit off the deal.

I went to the arcade with $10 in quarters in my pocket.

Your new plan saved us 10% in expenses this quarter.

A: frightened of something (= the idea of something makes me feel scared)
frightened by something (= something specific made me scared)

Jessica doesn't like going to the zoo because she's frightened of the gorillas. (= the idea of seeing the gorillas makes her feel anxious and scared)

When she was a little girl, she was frightened by a gorilla. (= she had a scary experience with a specific gorilla)

A:

Where are you going to put the painting?

Over the fireplace. Above it.

What is the painting for? What is its purpose?

To put over my fireplace. Its purpose is to sit above my fireplace.

A: "Confess to" something would require a gerund, but you can also say "she'll confess" without a stated object. In the second sentence, "to avoid a trial" is a separate clause showing why she might confess. "To avoid" is the infinitive form, not the object of confess. It could be rephrased as "Police are hoping she'll confess [to an unstated offense], (in order) to avoid a trial."

A: He set off the fire.
Switch off the Alarm!
His French is a little off today.
He tried to fend off the hostile animals.
He was flying off to another place as a part of migration.
He flung off his bag and crashed to his bed because of exhaustion.
He removed the snow off his coat.
They are off to California.

A: 1.) I have to be there in five minutes!
2.) I have to be there at 5:00 PM.
3.) I will buy some food on my way to work.
4.) Did you turn in your assignment?
5.) See you at school!
6.) Put the book back on the shelf
7.) I’m going to the concert tonight.
8.) He is at work.
9.) I want to travel to Japan.
10.) My friend lives in Chiba Prefecture.

Hope those help!

A: This gift is for you.

A: The scientist's discovery in genetics earned him a Nobel prize.
He has a great reputation in international finance.
She is a leader in the field of micro-technology.

A: A preposition is a word that expresses a relationship to a noun.

ON the table
UNDER the chair
BEHIND the car

A: Unfortunately in many cases you have to learn which verbs go with which prepositions, you cannot just translate directly.

To us "casarse con" and "soñar con" make NO sense.

"She got married WITH Tom" sounds like she got married to someone else, and at the same time, her friend Tom got married to someone else.

"She dreamt with Tom" sounds like she was sleeping with Tom, we say dream ABOUT.

Likewise I believe you say "asisto a la universidad" which in English would be "Attend the university", we don't understand why you need 'A' in this phrase.

A: Ciao!
The basic rule of thumb is that
“In” indicates a position (she put her phone in her pocket)
“Into” indicates movement, action (she put her phone into her purse)
Example: where is Jane? She is in the garden.
Where is Jane? She’s gone into the garden
Of course, with some verbs you can use both. 😅😅

A: In the house = adentro de la casa
At the house = adentro o afuera (no importa si está adentro o afuera. Lo que importa es el lugar)

Puedes decir "I am at the benches in the park" pero no puedes decir "I am in the benches at the park."

Para usar "at," el lugar tiene que ser específico. No piedes decir "I am at the US" pero sí puedes decir "I am in the US."

A: I am at the bus station. (at the location)

I am in the bus station. (inside the building)

I am by the bus station. (near the location)

A: There is a difference. The first sentence is grammatically wrong.

Also, "preposition" should be plural since you are referring to it in a general sense. (i.e. "You don't need to use prepositions.")

If you are referring to a specific preposition, then perhaps you could phrase it as: "You don't need to use a preposition here / in this sentence."

A: Pend, is only a root word, not an actual word
Eg/ impend, pendlum, pending, depend

For pending, you would say “it is pending”

Your examples are correct.

to pend
is pending
a pendlum
to impend

A: depends on what you want to say

A: they both work

I like "at"

A: "I was reading the book on my desk inside my room."

A: This is a really good question because it's something native speakers do without thinking.
First of all, I have to correct you and tell you that words like "sir" and "mister" are not prepositions, they're forms of address.
People use these forms of address when they don't know your name. Sir and ma'am and miss are probably the most common ones in America. They're slightly formal, but they're used in both formal and informal speech. Things like "May I help you, sir?" and "Excuse me, miss, could you help me?"
"Mister" is also used, but it's a bit less formal and bit less friendly. For example, "Hey, mister, you can't go in there!"

In England, words like "love" and "pet" are used in the same way. For example, "Excuse me, love, would you mind stepping over here?"

Remember that all of these forms of address are used when you don't know a person's name.

A: I would use "in this thread"

A: If you have a sentence like this: I stepped on a brick.

Then you can form a question about the object on which you stepped two ways:

- "What did you step on"?
- "On what did you step"?

The second one is used rarely and sounds very formal. As a general rule, if a sentence contains a preposition, and we ask a question about the object after the preposition, the question will have the form "What ... ?"

Other sentences that end with prepositions:

This is a pleasant city to live in.
This is what I was worried about.

More examples:
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/preps-placement.html

More explanation:
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/ending-a-sentence-with-a-preposition

A: Both sound fine to me.

A: The sample sentence you gave doesn't make sense to me. Do you have another?

Anyway, my recommendation when it comes to prepositions is to learn them with verbs. Most verbs tend to pair up with certain prepositions. You can also get a better sense of this if you read a lot of native material.

A: in
Also, "sets" needs an "s" at the end.
"The sun rises in the east and sets in the west."