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1.  Position of Prepositions

                 ♦   Prepositions can be used at the end of a sentence if the sentence is a question
                     that begins with a wh- word. For example,

                     •  How many months have you been practising for?
                     •  Who/whom are you going to write to?
                     •  What film are you interested in?
                     •  Which book are you pointing to?

                 ♦   In relative clauses also, prepositions can be shifted to the end of the clause.
                     For example,

                     •  He is the person who/whom I can turn to in need.
                     •  This is the man who/whom I told you about yesterday.
                     •  The book which I have taken this poem from is Madhushala.

                    (In these examples, that can replace ‘who/whom/which.)
                     •  He is the person (that) I can turn to in need. (that can be dropped also)

                 ♦   Such shifting of a preposition is not possible in phrasal verbs. For example,
                     •  The matter which/that I am looking into is serious.

                     You cannot write this sentence as follows—
                     •  The matter into which I am looking is serious.

                 ♦   The preposition can also be placed before the conjunction whom or which.

                     We can write:
                     •  He is the person to whom I can turn in need.

                     •  This is the man about whom I told you yesterday.
                     •  The book from which I have taken this poem is Madhushala.


             2. Use of prepositions after a verb with two objects


                 For example,
                 •  He gave  me     a  book.                    = He gave a book to me.

                    indirect object     direct object
                 •  They brought  her   a dress.                = They brought a dress for her.
                                   indirect object    direct object
                 •  I showed    him    the  letter.             = I showed the letter to him.

                        indirect object     direct object
                 •  He sent   his    son      money.            = He sent money to his son.
                          indirect object    direct object




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