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While this idiomatic verb means anticipate, it behaves grammatically and requires a preposition to indicate the indirect object — what you are looking at, or in this case, looking forward to (it's "to" because it's concerned with time). Thus look forward requires to as a preposition and a noun or noun phrase.
When I was three-years-old, I could tie my shoes. I know that my sentence correction is stylistically weak; however, I believe it is grammatically correct. A coworker "corrected" me in front of my student saying that it did not need a comma, but my thought was that "when" is being used as a preposition.
Grammatical collocation: a construction where a verb, adjective, etc. must be followed by a particular preposition, or a noun must be followed by a particular form of the verb (e.g. account for; afraid of; the foresight to do it (not *of doing it). But I thought the question was about but.
Macmillan Dictionary lists "I'm taller than my dad" as an example for "than" as a preposition. Oxford Dictionaries lists "He was much smaller than his son" as an example for "than" as a preposition. American Heritage Dictionary lists "She is a better athlete than I" as an example for "than" as a conjunction. But aren't these all elliptical ...
Many of the major definitions have several divisions of shades of meaning. Which objects the preposition governs is a matter of idiom, and you're unlikely to find simple rules (e.g., living things/inanimate objects) that will guide you faithfully. The letter was written by Sam. means that Sam wrote the letter. (Category V)
7. "Now" is not a preposition. It is most commonly used as an adverb. "We are leaving now." "Now" modifies "leaving". It says when we are leaving. It is a word that modifies a verb, and is therefore an adverb. It is also used as a noun. "Now is a good time to start".
good luck on/in your exam. in/on the list. The last one is especially important to me, as I have asked a number of native speakers, and each time I get a different answer. The only consensus seems to be the case where you say "on top of the list". Apart from that, some people will say that I should say "his name is in the list" whereas others ...
Summary (and not a complete answer but a general one): The preposition depends on the verb that takes a preposition, a phrasal verb that includes a preposition, or it depends on the prepositional phrase used. Also, there are many other prepositions that can be paired with which: under, during, about, over, etc.
Both the statements are correct but the meaning drawn out is different according to the prepositions used here.As in the first statement. "The children have survived 10 years **of** poverty". Here of is a point of reference; pointing out the reason or cause of sufferings. In the second statement. "The children have survived 10 years **in ...
The ‘of’ here is really a preposition to the following element, marking a genitival relationship between it and ‘place/virtue’, and ‘in/by’ governs the entire prepositional phrase. Probably the same with ‘with a mind to’, come to think of it.