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yunus  +  70995 Sun, 30 Jan 05 01:08 PM
for example: at, in, on, .
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Mister Micawber  +  71001 Sun, 30 Jan 05 01:29 PM

Hello, Yunus-- welcome to English Forums.

Prepositions do many things, but these three -- at, in, on-- indicate location mostly:

My hat is at the milliner's.
My hat is in the wastebasket.
My hat is on the top shelf.

Anything else we can help you with?



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yunus, 4 yr 282 days ago
Thanks you for your reply...
Guest, 4 yr 251 days ago
Could you please tell me when to use me or I?

I received the following message from an Australian native speaker:

...This is exciting, not only for Sue but for you and I too ...... (I thought it was me in this
case)
I too of course am really looking forward to.........(again I'd say: Me to .......)

Is there a solution to the problem?

Kind regards,
Monika
Mister Micawber  +  77980 Thu, 03 Mar 05 02:46 AM

Hi Monika,


The solution is that 'I' is a subject pronoun and 'me' is an object pronoun.

'This is exciting, not only for Sue but for you and me too.' -- 'you and me' is the object of the preposition 'for'.

'I too of course am really looking forward to...' -- 'I' is the subject of the verb 'am...looking'.

'Me too' is acceptable in casual English as an isolated response:

A: 'I'm looking forward to the picnic.'
B: 'Me too!'

lynlianna  +  77998 Thu, 03 Mar 05 03:59 AM
Hello Yunus. Thanks for your question about prepositions. I think the other member of this forum did an excellent job of explaining prepositions to you. Do you have any other questions?
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CalifJim  +  78016 Thu, 03 Mar 05 05:00 AM
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yunus  +  78083 Thu, 03 Mar 05 12:06 PM
Thanks Lynlianna

Yes i have other questions. i'm confusing about the.
How can we use it or where can we use "the"?

You think, which one is correct?

i like reading the book.
or
i like reading book

or other sentences

Mister Micawber  +  78097 Thu, 03 Mar 05 01:41 PM

The two main uses of the definite article, 'the', are (1) with nouns which have been mentioned previously in the sentence/conversation:

'I saw Terminator 3 last night. The movie was very exciting.'

-- and (2) with nouns which are specific:

'I saw Terminator 3 last night. The lead actor was very big. (There is usually only one lead actor in a movie.)

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