Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Most Common Prepositions (http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/ucrel/bncfreq/lists/5_8_all_rank_preposition.txt)

of 29391
in 18214
to 9343
for 8412
with 6575
on 6475
by 5096
at 4790
from 4134
as 1774
into 1634
about 1524
like 1064
after 927
between 903
through 743
over 735
against 562
under 553
out_of 491
without 456
within 449
during 440
before 434
such_as 321
towards 286
around 237
upon 234
including 230
among 229
across 217
off 214
behind 202
since 178
because_of 178
as_well_as 176
rather_than 169
until 167
according_to 157
up_to 152
despite 146
near 138
above 137
per 135
along 123
away_from 120
throughout 116
outside 116
round 115
beyond 105
worth 102
in_terms_of 102
down 98
on_to 92
up 83
due_to 78
inside 74
as_to 73
instead_of 72
plus 70
past 67
in_front_of 66
apart_from 65
onto 62
beside 58
below 55
v. 54
subject_to 51
along_with 51
beneath 48
in_relation_to 46
amongst 45
via 45
other_than 43
unlike 40
in_favour_of 36
in_addition_to 34
v 32
prior_to 31
concerning 31
next_to 30
except 30
alongside 29
in_respect_of 29
in_spite_of 28
till 28
on_behalf_of 27
aged 27
ahead_of 26
on_top_of 26
as_for 25
depending_on 23
but 22
regarding 20
in_accordance_with 20
except_for 20
in_response_to 20
in_the_light_of 18
as_opposed_to 17
in_charge_of 17
with_regard_to 17
× 16
by_means_of 16
in_connection_with 16
on_the_part_of 15
in_view_of 15
by_way_of 14
contrary_to 13
with_respect_to 13
let_alone 13
in_touch_with 13
minus 13
toward 13
in_conjunction_with 13
in_line_with 12
opposite 12
following 12
amid 11
in_support_of 11
in_search_of 10
underneath 10
relative_to 10

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