USE OF PREPOSITIONS

 USE OF PREPOSITIONS

AT:-  aim at, point at, laugh at stare at, look at, throw at

Dinner at/breakfast at/ lunch at, love at, first sight at, at work/play, short notice at war/peace, at length/last, at home, at sea, at school, at a pinch, at all events, at a profit/loss, at win-win situation, at all cost, at time, at hand, at a time, at the same time, at ease, at rest at heart, at best, at most, at least

BY:-

 by land/sea air,                                                                                                          by no means

by ship/plane/car/bus,                                                                                                 by all means

by heart, by letter/post/hand/cable/telegram                                                                 by rights

By day/night,                                                                                                              by degrees

 by change/design,                                                                                                      by the way

 by mistake,                                                                                                                by sight

by accident/good fortune,                                                                                            by surprise

by luck, by one self/himself yourself                                                                       by far

IN:-

In common, in love, in fun/play, in need, in hurry, in public/private, in time, in debt/difficulties, in danger, in half, in pieces, in ink/pencil/paint, in place, in sight, in tears, in all, in any case, in that case, in itself, in other words, in that way, in short, in brief, in a word, in all likelihood, in bed in trouble, in hand, in work, in the long run, in due course, in the end(at last or eventually), in some cases, in fact, in particular

ON:-

On fire, on purpose, on business/pleasure, on the other hand, on holidays/vacation, on the whole, on the contrary, on on/my/any account, on a visit/leave, on second thought, on duty/watch/guard, on the average, on journey, on the way, on the whole, on sale, on foot, on bike, on horseback, on demand

TO:-

Superior to, inferior to, junior to, prior to, prefer to, senior to, anterior to, posterior to, preferable to, jump to

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