O The tourist traveled by automobile. (means) oO Warren swims for exercise. (reason or purpose) e e The most common prepositions: Above After at because of between except Against before by Along with below Among beside Into Like Neat Next to of on onto out of by reason of contrary to during ovet since for from in instead of toward under through with to without Usage considerations: It is easy to use a small group of prepositions overt and over in your writing. This habit often results in imprecise or misleading sentences. To avoid this problem, think carefully about your choice of prepositions as you revise. oO He walked by the railroad tracks on his way home. Interpretations Oo He walked along the railroad tracks on his way home. oO He walked past the railroad tracks on his way home. Parts of Speech: Conjunctions Conjunctions serve as connectors, linking parts of sentences or whole sentences. These connectors fall into three groups: coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, and conjunctive adverbs. e Coordinating conjunctions connect terms of equal grammatical importance: words, word groups, and simple sentences. These conjunctions can occur singly (and, but, or, nor, yet, sO) Of in pairs called correlative conjunctions (either—or, neither—nor, both—and, 16