Is preposition always followed by a noun?

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Jackson6612  #414646  Wed, 05 Sep 07 06:29 PM
Is preposition always followed by a noun?
  
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Linguaphile  #414713  Wed, 05 Sep 07 09:30 PM

 Jackson6612 wrote:
Is preposition always followed by a noun?

No. Some prepositions can be used after certain nouns (key TO, increase IN etc.), adjectives (fond OF, successful IN), and verbs (insist ON, laugh AT etc.) as well.

  
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Kooyeen  #414716  Wed, 05 Sep 07 09:41 PM
 Jackson6612 wrote:
Is preposition always followed by a noun?

Is a preposition always followed by a noun?
Are prepositions always followed by a noun?


Well, what do you mean? No, not always...
What are you waiting for?
This present is for her.
I'll leave it there for now.
...


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Jackson6612  #414740  Wed, 05 Sep 07 10:21 PM

 Kooyeen wrote:
 Jackson6612 wrote:
Is preposition always followed by a noun?

Is a preposition always followed by a noun?
Are prepositions always followed by a noun?


Well, what do you mean? No, not always...
What are you waiting for?
This present is for her.
I'll leave it there for now.
...


Smile [:)]

Hey Kooyeen,

Thanks a lot for the corrections. I would request you that please always look for mistakes in my post whenever you reply.

In this sentence ''I'll leave it there for now'', what part of speech is now?

  
Jackson6612  #419246  Sun, 16 Sep 07 12:15 AM

I think a preposition can only be followed by noun, pronoun, gerund, and noun phrase. Please have a look on this POST.

Link:

www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetweenMeaningThese-SentencesUsedPlayCricket/***/Post.htm

Use v-b-x-x-v without hyphens in place of *** in the above link.

  
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