The Forum's 6-Part Review of the English Prepositions and Discourse Markers

[Joe Carillo]

February 28, 2024

Dear Forum Member and Friend,

Earlier this February, the Forum presented an intensive six-part review of the three major types of grammar connectives—the coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, and conjunctive adverbs. To complete this review of the English connectives, we are now moving on to the prepositions as the fourth type of functional connective and finally to the use of discourse markers.

 

Part 7 - Introduction -The prepositions for modifying elements within the same clause or sentence
https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8220.0

Part 8 - The prepositions for indicating place and location (1)
https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8221.0

Part 9-  The prepositions for indicating motion and direction (2)
https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8222.0

Part 10 - The prepositions for timekeeping (3)
https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8224.0

Part 11 - The prepositions for establishing logical relationships (4)
https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8226.0

Part 12 - The use of discourse markers for contextualizing ideas (5)
https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8229.0

A final word on the prepositions, discourse markers, and the three major types of conjunctions taken up in this and in the preceding six-part intensive review of the English conjunctions:

Some prepositions work very much like conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs—but with a major structural difference. A preposition typically establishes a relationship between ideas within the same clause; this is in contrast with a conjunction or conjunctive adverb, which typically establishes a relationship between clauses or across sentences and across paragraphs. Depending on how the sentence is constructed, in fact, some prepositions can also function as conjunctions and adverbs—sometimes even as adjectives.

On the other hand, what distinguishes discourse markers from the typical propositions is that while the former also carry grammatical meaning and signal relations between parts of sentences or clauses, discourse markers are relatively not dependent on the syntax of the sentence and usually don’t alter the truth of what’s being said.

You can likewise directly access the six parts of this intensive review of the English prepositions and discourse markers from the Homepage of Jose Carillo's English Forum by simply clicking this link: https://josecarilloforum.com/.

Good luck in your continuing personal quest for better English!

Sincerely yours,
Joe Carillo