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