Which word is a preposition in the sentence ‘The keys are under the cushion’?
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'Under' shows the spatial relationship between the keys and the cushion.
Words that express such relationships are prepositions.
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'Under' shows the spatial relationship between the keys and the cushion.
Words that express such relationships are prepositions.
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'But' joins two independent clauses of equal grammatical importance.
It is one of the standard coordinating conjunctions.
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'Honesty' names a quality rather than a physical object.
Names of qualities, ideas, or states are abstract nouns.
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'Alas!' expresses sudden emotion, especially sorrow or regret.
Such standalone emotional expressions are interjections.
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Downstream speed is 15 km/h and upstream speed is 10 km/h.
Still-water speed is their average: 12.5 km/h.
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'Him' is the objective form required after the verb 'praised.'
Object pronouns receive the action of a verb.
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In the same time, the faster runner covers 1,000 m while the slower covers 900 m.
Their speed ratio is therefore 1,000:900 = 10:9.
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'Those' points out which books are meant and appears before the noun.
Demonstratives functioning before nouns are determiners.
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Time is inversely proportional to speed.
The decrease is 1 - 50/60 = 1/6 = 16 2/3%.
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Let total distance be 3d; time is d/30 + 2d/60 = d/15.
Average speed is 3d ÷ (d/15) = 45 km/h.
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Travel time is 210 ÷ 70 = 3 hours.
Three hours after 8:00 a.m. is 11:00 a.m.
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Their closing speed is 20 + 25 = 45 km/h.
Time = 90 ÷ 45 = 2 hours.