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Conlangery #43: Adpositions

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How Many Ad Positions Does English Class Have?

The number of ad positions English class has is fuzzy because we have a bunch of compound prepositions. It's very, very common in the languages of Meso America to have a small number of true ad positions. Everything else is a noun, typically a body noun that is used to indicate location. In ancient Greek, there's this word, kareen, which is just the accusative of a word meaning like favor or grace and also means that you do something on someone's behalf.

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