CONJUNCTION AND PREPOSITION AND HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE THEM

CONJUCTION :
-is a part of speech that connects two words, sentences, phrases or clauses-

Forms of CONJUNCTION :

1) Single word, e.g : and, but, because, although - "Jack and Jill went up the hill"

2) Compound, e.g : as long as, in order to - "I will be here as long as you love me"

3) Correlative, e.g : so...that, either...or - "Either you or Susan must remain with me"



PREPOSITION :
-is a connecting word that shows the relation of a noun or a noun substitute to some other word in the sentence-

Forms of PREPOSITION :

1) Simple (single-word), e.g : on, at, in, without, beside - "The cat sat on the table"

2) Compound (complex-word), e.g : along with, away from, next to, in front of, in relation to, on top of
    - "She sat next to me today"



How to differentiate between CONJUNCTIONS and PREPOSITIONS ?

CONJUNCTION
-accompanied by a verb, it means there must be a clause after the conjunction that has a verb in it.
-examples :

• We stay indoors while the storm raged.                                                                              
• Adam is looking much better since he came out from the hospital.
• I will be home during the Chinese New Year holiday, unless there is a train's strike.

PREPOSITION
-accompanied by a noun phrase or there always be an object after the preposition.
- examples :

• The children climbed the mountain without fear.
• We stay indoors during the storm.
• She has been in the teaching profession since 2000.