COMPOUND PREPOSITION

Definition with Examples

Unlike Simple prepositions which are simple and short word, a Compound Preposition is a combination of words. According to, aside from, because of, are the few examples of compound preposition. Let us use these words on forming simple sentences.

According to his teacher he is a good student.

The room was clean aside from few strewn pieces of paper.

He worked because of the money that he gets.

You should have gone west instead of going east.

In the above sentences ‘According to’, aside from, because of, and instead of are examples of compound preposition.  Consider the first sentence- ‘to’ is a simple preposition and ‘according to’ is a compound preposition. Likewise- ‘aside from’, because of, instead of are all the examples of compound prepositions.

The compound prepositions covered till now were two words compound interest, we also have three word compound prepositions like- in addition to, in spite of, in front of, on condition of, on top of etc . We will now go through a few sentences using three words compound prepositions-

In addition to the allowances, he is also entitled for the bonus.

In spite of being subjected to frequent criticism, he still manages to do well.

Your car was parked in front of the petrol pump.

The information was provided by a source on condition of anonymity.

The books were lying on top of the table.

Now that we have understood the two and three words compound prepositions, we will further improve our knowledge by finding some more examples and solving exercises.

List/Examples/Words

Because of, according to, instead of, apart from, despite of, in addition to, due to, result of, causes of, effect of, effect on, in spite of, aside from, in front of, on condition of, consequence of, on top of, in respect to, with regard to, in accordance with, in agreement with, for lack of, for want of, in case of