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times: at 8pm, at midnight, at 6:30 holiday periods: at Christmas, at Easter at night at the weekend at lunchtime, at dinnertime, at breakfast time days: on Monday, on my birthday, on Christmas Day days + morning / afternoon / evening / night: on Tuesday morning dates: on the 20th of June years: in 1992, in 2006 months: in December, in June decades: in the sixties, in the 1790s centuries: in the 19th century seasons: in winter, in summer in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening next week, year, month etc last night, year etc
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this morning, month etc every day, night, years etc today, tomorrow, yesterday
These chemicals are used in the film developing process. TOWARDS = to do something for a specific purpose or reason I'm putting this money towards a new a car.
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** Showing WHAT WITH or BY WHAT BY = A. instrument (human or object) B. means C. agent (in the passive) D. author / creator A. He was killed by a falling boulder. B. You'll have to come by air if you want to get here before Thursday. C. The new shopping mall was built by a private company. D. Have you read the new book by Stephen King? BY MEANS OF = means (more formal than by) The winner was chosen by means of a secret ballot. VIA = by way of We flew via Brussels is to go to Athens from New York. WITH = instrument (usually object with a human subject) The man robbed the bank with a fake revolver. (http://www.advanced-english-grammar.com/prepositions-of-ways-andmeans.html)
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PREPOSITION OF MANNER
Prepositions of manner tell how something is done. With: used for accompaniment. (I went with my husband) For: used for purpose or reasoning. (I made a blog for writing) Of: used for association or measure (see by). (I want a piece of the pie) By: used to show measurement. (I get paid by the hour) Like: used to show similarity. (She looks like Britney Spears) As: used to show capacity. (I work as a tutor)
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reason because of, despite, for similarity as, like, unlike, than addition with, without means by, with http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/dick/tta/wc/prepositions.htm
A "Reason Phrase" indicates the reason of the action expressed in the sentence. It answers the question: Why? For what reason? The reason prepositions are:
Examples:
The barbecue was cancelled because of the rain. We didn't go on account of the bad weather. He succeeded for many reasons. Unfortunately you won't succeed from hard work alone. The operation was successful only through the great skill of the surgeon.
(http://wordcategory.blogspot.com/2013/03/prepositional-phrases-reasonphrase.html )
Material
used to show the material of which something is made: The desk is made from pine .Meringues are made from sugar and egg whites.
(http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/from_5 )