Great idea for a thread, petrywon. Thanks for sharing those links.
I don't mean to shamelessly plug my work, but your post reminded me of a video I made a few years ago that tests the use of a handful of prepositions in an IELTS essay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvpDKifPm7w
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UsingEnglish.com also has a terrific PDF that summarizes several ways prepositions can be used in IELTS writing. I'm posting the first few entries to whet everyone's appetite. To get the entire list, download it from their site
here.
Above
For the reasons given ________, I believe that…
Having taken all the factors _______ into account, it can be concluded that…
As
not as important ______....
______ a consequence,…
As well ______
Taking Japan ______ an example,…
______ mentioned above…
At
______ the same time
Below
I will deal with each of these points ______.
Between
The biggest similarity ________ the lines is…
For
______ instance,…
____ the most part
______ this reason,…
That is true for many, but _______ others...
From
Far ______ the town centre
prohibited _______…
,…including examples _______ my own experience
will start to suffer _______…
