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The table below displays definitions for the prepositions: against, along, amid, at, with examples for nouns: building names, place-country names, river, lake and mountain names, people's names, things, date, time, concepts; and pronouns: For practice, use these prepositions with different nouns and pronouns.
| prepositions: used with noun types below: | against |
along
|
amid "middle of; during" |
at |
against the building, against White House, against Louvre |
along the building, along White House, along Louvre |
in the middle of the building, in the middle of White House, in the middle of Louvre |
at the building, at White House, at Louvre |
|
| against New York, against China | none | in the middle of New York; in the middle of China |
none | |
against the Nile against Lake Victoria, against the Himalayas |
along the Nile, along Lake Victoria, along the Himalayas
|
in the middle of the Nile, in the middle of Lake Victoria, in the middle of the Himalayas |
at the Nile, at Lake Victoria, at the Himalayas |
|
against furniture, against clothes, against trees |
along furniture, along clothes, along trees |
in the middle of the sofa; in the middle of the skirt; in the middle of the tree or trees |
usually with idiomatic phrases (I'm looking at the furniture or clothes or the trees) |
|
| none | none | none | none | |
against 9 o'clock, against 9 p.m., against 9 a.m. |
none | none | at 9 o'clock, at 9 p.m., at 9 a.m. |
|
against me, against you |
along with me; along with you |
none | at me, at you |
|
against Xin, against Mark |
along with Xin, along with Mark |
none | at Xin, at Mark |
|
against love, against money, against economy |
along with love, along with money, along with economy |
(amid a love story; amid money problems; amid the bad economy; amid problems) |
usually with idiomatic phrases (I am good at math) |
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