Grammar block

Some thoughts on how prepositions are used and how they modify the meaning of the verb.
 
 
 

Preposition	Modification Effect	Example
about
around
after
away
at
back
by
down
for
forward
in (into)
off	take/make something _off_  (successful) result, start, release, leaving from (situation, project, idea, beginning or other context)
on	implies/relates to direction, progress of doing
out	transforms/converts action from one place/state to another outside of the situation
over
through
up	makes action coming to the final result, state, stop; makes action quicker, sharper, more aggressive (but sometimes in context of  doing something)
with

• Actual sentence analysis has some kind of retrospective reconstruction of reason/course - consequence relations bound into sentences.
• Phrasal verbs work in strong relation with the context of the sentence.