>   I changed direction and
> started with grammar  -- nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and then
> prepositions (4 pages).  This is what the book says:  "Prepositions
> help a reader or listener understand the relationship of one word to
> another.  A preposition relates a noun or pronoun to another word in
> the sentence."
> Two of the four pages on prepositions talk about distinguishing between
> prepositions and adverbs.
>
Prepositions are hard for my 8th graders.  I have not seen a definition
that's understandable.  Does anyone have an easy definition?
Jan

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