Learn all about Compound Prepositions

A preposition that contains two or more prepositional words is called a compound preposition. Also, we can say it is a combination of words. 

Compound prepositions are established by connecting the preposition words in a sentence before the noun, pronoun, adjective, and adverb. Moreover, a compound preposition is prepared through the conjunction of a prepositional or a non-propositional word and a simple preposition word that is used with a noun, adjective, or adverb, respectively. 

Examples: About, across, along, beyond, besides, outside, According to, aside from, because of, as of, next to, on account of, apart from, but for, close to, depending on, due to, in between, in case of, etc., are some compound prepositions. 

• The examination dates have been postponed because of the strike. 
• His car is parked in front of my house. 
• The behavior of this patient is far from normal. 
• I can not stay here as of now.