[Grammar] Prepositions

[leslieking]

Hello,
I read that there are hundreds of prepositions in English and to learn them all will take years of practice. My question is a preposition can appear at the end of a statement, for example:

1. The family is eating inside.
2. She is running outside.

I think "inside" and "outside" are prepositions. Am I right?

 

[5jj]

These words can be prepositions. Many would classify them as adverbs in those sentences.

 

[Rover_KE]

There are about 150 English prepositions.

Click here to view them.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Hello,
I read that there are hundreds of prepositions in English and to learn them all will take years of practice. My question is a preposition can appear at the end of a statement, for example:

1. The family is eating inside.
2. She is running outside.

I think "inside" and "outside" are prepositions. Am I right?

In those uses, the words are adverbs. They modify verbs and answer the question "where".

 

[emsr2d2]

And the short answer to your (other) question - yes, a preposition can appear at the end of a sentence.