What does a preposition do in a sentence?

Answer 1

A preposition and its object (the prepositional phrase) describes or modifies another part of speech, such as a noun or verb, in the same way that adjectives or adverbs can modify them.

Example: The boy fell into the street. - into the street is an adverbial prepositional phrase that describes where the boy fell.

Generally, prepositional phrases answer questions about the less specific words in the sentence.

Answer 2

A preposition shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and another word in the sentence. It indicates location, time, direction, or other relationships such as "in," "on," "under," "before," "after," etc.

Answer 3

What does in describe