Transcript Prepositions - De Anza College

Prepositions
Intro: Harris Khan
Bones: Jae Choi
Flesh: Jubi Lee
Cardinal Sins:Youngseo Kim
Carnal Pleasures: Minkun Juen
Bones
prepositions appears before
a noun
Ex) The book is in my bag
Lists of prepositions
about, above, across, after, against, ahead of,
along, among, around, at, before, to, together,
with, toward, up, without, etc
Bones
Adjectival prepositional phrases
modify a noun or pronoun
ex) Women on the verge
of a nervous breakdown
modify a verb, adjective, or adverb
either
Flesh
“How” to use prepositions
purpose is to tie nouns and pronouns
logically to other parts of the speech.
Use it into parallel to add the rhythmic value
Flesh
Without Prepositions
The discoveries planets the solar system,
stimulating renewed speculation other
possible worlds throbbing life, are now
drawing closer cosmic terms the world
their discoverers.
Flesh
With Prepositions
The discoveries of planets beyond the
solar system, stimulating renewed
speculation of other possible worlds
throbbing with life, are now drawing
closer in cosmic terms the world their
discoverers.
Cardinal Sins
1)Clear The Clutter.
ex) Use before instead of “prior to”
Use now/nowadays instead of as for
“at present”, “at this point in time”,
“for the time being”, “in this day”…etc
2) “OUT” ALL VERBS.
Replace a prepositional phrase with simple verbs:
Use to believe instead of “to be of the opinion that”
Use to examine instead of “to study in depth”
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3) OBJECTION !
Ex) Not “Just between you and I use “just
between you and me”
4) The Last Word on Prepositions.
Ex) Not “This is the apartment I live in” write as
“I live in this apartment”
Not “Where are you at?” write as
“Where are you?”
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Exceptions: “What did you step?” You need to say, “What did
you step on?”
Carnal Pleasures
Economy in phrasing
(using paraphrase in short way)
ex) BTW(by the way), BC(because), ASAP(as
soon as possible), IRL(in real life),
BW(between)
Carnal Pleasures
Do away with prepositions
altogether, preferring to take
the most direct tack possible.
(Simply leave the words out, or use in
different way)
ex) 1. Wait for water small small.
wait for the water for a little while.
2. Try look da sunset.
take a look at the sunset.
Carnal Pleasures
Embrace evocative ones that
stretch the grammatical frontier.
(syntactic identity, becoming not just a
preposition, a doorway, a means to an end, but
end itself)
ex) beyond the horizon, beyond the beauty,
beyond work