Topics

Present

Past

Past to Present

Future

Abilities - Responsibilities

Asking Questions

Choosing the Right Phrase

Combining Verbs

Explaining Ideas

Describing Your World

Complex Ideas

Relating Ideas, People, Objects

Speaking about Objects

Wondering about Situations

At the Office

Prepositions of Place, Similarity and Function

Use 'in' with countries, cities, towns and regions.

Example:

My client has assets and liabilities in two countries.

In Michigan, a debtor's privacy rights are revocable in the case of delinquency.

Use 'at' for place in a city, town or village.

Example:

I am the endorser at my company.

We can discuss the production costs at the coffee shop.

Like and As

Use 'like' as a preposition to express that two are objects are similar in some characteristic.

Example:

These are outstanding credits like the ones I sent out last week.

Having majority interest in the company is like running your own baseball team.

Use 'as' to express the function that a person takes in an organization.

Example:

Tom, in his role as the project manager, is responsible for the due diligence.

Sam works as a portfolio manager.