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Participle vs Preposition - What's the difference?

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In grammar terms the difference between participle and preposition

is that participle is a form of a verb that may function as an adjective or noun. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle while preposition is any of a closed class of non-inflecting words typically employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.

As a verb preposition is

to place in a location before some other event occurs.

participle

English

(wikipedia participle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective or noun. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle.

    • Usage notes

    Participles can be combined with the auxiliary verbs have'' and ''be to form the perfect aspect, the progressive aspect, and the passive voice. The tense is always expressed through the auxiliary verb. * I have asked. (present tense, perfect aspect) * I am asking. (present tense, progressive aspect) * I am asked. (present tense, passive voice) When not combined with have'' or ''be , participles are almost always adjectives and can form adjectival phrases called participial phrases. Nouns can occasionally be derived from these adjectives: * the following items * the following * the dying victims * the dying In English, participles typically end in -ing'', ''-ed'' or ''-en .

    Derived terms

    * future participle * perfect passive participle

    preposition

    English

    (wikipedia preposition)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) praepositio'', from ''praeponere'' (to place before); ''prae'' (before) + ''ponere'' (to put, place); compare French ''''. (See position, and compare provost.) So called because it is usually placed before the word with which it is phrased, as in .

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) Any of a closed class of non-inflecting words typically employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival]] or [[adverb, adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.
  • *
    • And in (121) below, we see that when a wh-NP is used as the Object of a Preposition , the whole Prepositional Phrase can undergo WH MOVEMENT:
    (121) (a)      [To whom''] can I send this letter —?
    (121) (b)      [''About what''] are they quarrelling —?
    (121) (c)      [''In which book     ] did you read about it —?
  • (obsolete) A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
  • * (rfdate),
    • He made a long preposition and oration.
    Hypernyms
    * adposition
    Coordinate terms
    * circumposition * postposition
    Derived terms
    * preposition of time * preposition of place * prepositional * prepositionally * prepositional phrase
    Related terms
    * prepose * prepositive

    See also

    * preverb

    Etymology 2

    From pre- + position

    Alternative forms

    * pre-position

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place in a location before some other event occurs.
    • It is important to preposition the material before turning on the machine.
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