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Friday, 26 July 2019

Some prepositions commonly used when mailing and emailing

Prepostions From, To, Along and With


Thank God, they can be grouped in meaningful categories. Ah, prepositions. Those terrible things which don't have rules of their own. 

Today we will categorise, in a bunch, the prepositions from, to, along and with.

For this study, we will see them contextualised in the art of posting letters. Which of course leads us to emailing (which treats from, to, along and with in virtually the same way):

  • From: refers the origin of the letter, the sender
  • To: indicates destiny, who will receive the message
  • Along: means all the way
  • With: is telling of what comes together with the postcard. In this case some good old love. 


Here's a song for you to see it all in context. Check out From Me to You, by the Beatles, clicking on this link.