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7. Prepositions
7.1. Tipos
Dentro de las preposiciones en inglés diferenciamos entre dos tipos de preposiciones: preposiciones simples
y preposiciones complejas.
- Las preposiciones simples son las preposiciones comunes formadas por una palabra. Por ejemplo:
aboard
but
past
about
by
round
above
despite
since
across
down
than
after
during
through
against
except
to
along
for
toward
amid
from
under
among
in
underneath
around
inside
unlike
as
into
until
at
like
up
before
near
upon
behind
of
via
below
off
with
beneath
on
within
beside
onto
without
besides
opposite
between
outside
beyond
over
- Las preposiciones complejas son grupos de palabras que funcionan como una preposición. Por ejem-
plo:
ahead of
for lack of
near to
apart from
in addition to
on account of
as for
in aid of
on top of
as of
in exchange for
out of
as well as
in favour of
outside of
because of
in front of
owing to
but for
in line with
prior to
by means of
in place of
subsequent to
by virtue of
inside of
such as
due to
in spite of
thanks to
except for
instead of
up to
Cuando una palabra interrogativa es objeto de una preposición, ésta suele ir al final de la cláusula, especial-
mente en el uso informal.
Who's the present for? (For whom is the present? is extremely formal.)
What are you looking at? Who did you go with?
Where did she buy it from? Which flight is the general travelling on?
What kind of films are you interested in?
Esto también ocurre en preguntas-wh indirectas, y en otras oraciones-what.
Tell me what you’re worried about.
What a lot of trouble I’m in!
Algunas preguntas incluso consisten solamente en la partícula interrogativa + una preposición:
What with? Who for?
En el caso de las oraciones pasivas, las preposiciones van junto al verbo.
