Prepositional meanings
Matching exercise
Decide what the
preposition (or postposition) signals.
It came out of the forest
It was covered with old tarpaulins
She ran for the exit
The weather aside, we had a good day out
For all his efforts the game was lost
It was covered by a tarpaulin
He got the money for me
He lectured on Scottish history
Barring mishaps, we'll be there
From what little she said, I can't be sure
We asked for information
They ran to the door
reason
negative causality
target
means
achieved destination
exclusion
motive
intended destination
subject
agent
concession
source