Prepositions

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Prepositions are a fantastic way to lengthen sentences and phrases to join vocabulary and improve conversational flow allowing it to become less stunted. Word examples ; of to in for on by with next-to through about around above up down into until despite without etc etc 


 When I was a kid my friends and I would write stories one line at a time each using prepositions to continue each line. Maybe we could do that in this thread try to start each new line with a previously unused preposition. I will start


 Once there was a lonely monster who lived.....

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In a dank, dark cave over the hill from a small village...

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with lots of thumb-sized creatures who lived long and happy lives

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But not all was peaceful between the lonely monster and the tiny village...

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Without warning the monster awoke to the disgruntled villagers prodding him with pitchforks

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Greg.Jones wrote:
In a dank, dark cave over the hill from a small village...


Hahaha! It's been a long time since I've seen the word dank anywhere. :P 

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