Write me as one that loves his fellow-men."
The angel wrote and vanished. The next night
It came again, with a great wakening light,
And showed the names whom love of God had blessed,
And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
SPELLING
LESSON 19
There are a few prepositions which might really be called derivative prepositions.
1. A few prepositions are formed from verbs. These are really participle prepositions, for they are the present participles of the verbs but have come to be used like prepositions. These are such as concerning, excepting, regarding, respecting, during, according, etc. Nearly all of these participle prepositions can be expressed by a preposition phrase, as for example, we can either say; I wrote regarding these facts, or I wrote you in regard to these facts. I mentioned them all excepting the last, or, I mentioned them all with the exception of the last. I have gone according to the directions, or, I have gone in accord with the directions.
2. Derivative prepositions are also formed by prefixing a to other parts of speech, as along, around, abroad, etc. Strictly speaking these might be called compound prepositions for the prefix a is really from the preposition on.