simple,compound,participle PREPOSITIONS - English - Prepositions

Question

simple,compound,participle PREPOSITIONS?

Bhaswati Talukdar · Accepted Answer

The following are the types of Prepositions:
Simple Prepositions- These include the
following:
at, by, for, from, in, of, off, on, out, through, till, to,
up, with
Compound Prepositions- These are formed by
prefixing a Preposition to a Noun, an Adjective or an Adverb
Compound Prepositions include the following:
about, above, across, along, amidst, among, amongst, around,
before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, inside,
outside, underneath, within, without
Phrase Prepositions- These are groups of words
that are used with the force of a single Preposition For
example,
according to, along with, away from, because of, by means
of, by virtue of, by way of, for the sake of, in order to, in lieu
of, in favour of, in place of, in spit of, instead of, owing to,
with regard to, etc
Participial Prepositions are those Participles
that are used as Prepositions These words are present participles
of Verbs but do not have any Noun or Pronoun attached to them For
example, barring, touching, concerning, pending, respecting,
regarding, considering, during, etc