Prepositions

The very subtle differences in the meaning of to, on, in, by, for, and at cause many people big fits. I don’t know what to tell you about this problem except that, well, you’re just going to have to memorize the differences. Here’s a really good site that explains the differences about as well as any thing I’ve ever seen. Don’t worry too much, though. Most people new to English usually pick up these automatically within a few years.

I wish English wasn’t so darn complicated.

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