Welcome to this tutorial.
Today we're going to talk about prepositions of manner.
Let's get started now a preposition is usually a short word used to link nouns pronouns or phrases to
other words within a sentence.
Have a look at the example below.
If I'm not mistaken her birthday is in May Not a word in in the sentence is a preposition and it is
used to link the word or the noun me to her birthday now.
There are many types of prepositions amongst them are prepositions of manner.
Now they are used to express the manner in which something is done.
We usually use prepositions of manner.
Well we answer the question beginning with how have a look at the example over here.
How did she lose weight.
She lost weight by exercising the preposition of manner by expresses the manner in which she lost weight.
Now there are several groups of prepositions of manner a in end with n and with are used to describe
the way in which something is carried out.
As in the examples below.
She left the stage in tears.
She was singing with tears in her eyes.
B bye bye is used to denote either a person or a means of transportation.
While with denotes an instrument.
Have a look at the examples below.
This house was built by my grandfather denoting a person.
Helen goes to work by bus denoting a means of transportation.
You need to cut the cake with a knife denoting an instrument.
No we can also use by plus Ferb I N G for example you can't prove them wrong by doing nothing.
C adds add can be used to describe aggressive behavior.
Now compare the following examples.
He talked to his wife he talked about his wife.
Note the default sentence has a neutral behavior and in the second sentence the preposition of manner
adds describes an aggressive behavior.
Note that we can also use the phrase in a friendly way or manner to describe actions as in the example
below Mrs Anderson spoke to me in an extremely polite manner.