A comprehensive reference book on one of the most difficult aspects of the English language. It is divided into two parts, with entries arranged alphabetically. Part 1 deals with the prepositions and their various uses, giving a number of illustrative examples for each. Part 2 is concerned with the idiomatic use of prepositions after verbs, adjectives, verbal nouns, etc., and with idiomatic phrases introduced by a preposition. Again illustrative sentences are given, and precise differences of meaning explained.)