Prepositions

Hi everyone.

For me, one of the most difficult things to learn are prepositions.

My question is about using it with verbs. Is there any logic ways of using it ? shall I learn them by heart?

For example:

I can understand why I "spend money ON" but I can't understand why I say "have you ever been TO Italy" .

There are some more examples.

Thanks in advance :)

What other examples?

Have you ever been to Italy = "to" indicates movement to a specific location.

You can also say "Have you ever been in Italy" = "in" indicates location within a specific location.

You may find this link helpful [scroll down to Prepositions] OWL: Handouts: Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling

Well, I personally think that it is good to know what for, when and where a particular preposition is used. But the most essential thing to remember them is to see them used in context. So a good dictionary should be your best mate. And doing a lot of reading could make you make even better progress.

Thanks for you answers:

Another example:

My dog barks AT me.
or
Most car advertisements are aimed AT men.

Why should I use AT with those verbs? What does AT mean in those cases? how about using TO ?

What I'm trying to figure out is how to use a preposition instead another.

This is because there are a lot of times I want to say a verb but I don't know its preposition so I would like to figure out what preposition I have to say using a kind of logic.

That's why I asked you about "been to"

Another example:

I'm interested IN (what would happen if I wrote "ON"?)

By the way, thanks Anglika for that link, it is useful for me!

Thanks in advance :) :)