Preposition | Omission in Preposition
Omission in Preposition
Ellipsis in Preposition
कई बार वाक्यों में दो या अधिक nouns / pronouns हेतु एक ही Preposition का प्रयोग कर दिया जाता है। ध्यान रखें यदि एक ही Preposition दोनों nouns / pronouns हेतु उपयुक्त है तो यह एक शुद्ध/सही प्रयोग होगा, अन्यथा दोनों nouns / pronouns के साथ अलग-अलग Preposition लगाना होगा। (Ellipsis का अर्थ Omission अर्थात् एक को हटाना)We should prevent damage and theft of public property. (Incorrect)
यहाँ damage एवं theft के लिए एक ही Preposition 'of ' का प्रयोग किया गया है, जो उचित नहीं है, क्योंकि damage के साथ to एवं theft के साथ of का प्रयोग किया जाना चाहिए। अत: उपयुक्त वाक्य को निम्न प्रकार से लिखा जाना चाहिए:
We should prevent damage to and theft of public property. (Correct)
We should prevent damage to and theft of public property. (Correct)
He is neither ashamed nor sorry for his misdeeds. (Incorrect)
He is neither ashamed of nor sorry for his misdeeds. (Correct)
He is neither ashamed of nor sorry for his misdeeds. (Correct)
The design of this house is different and inferior to that of other house. (Incorrect)
The design of this house is different from and inferior to that of other houses. (Correct)
1. सामान्यतया Transitive verbs के साथ Preposition का प्रयोग नहीं किया जाता है। इस तरह की verbs हैं: Reach, resist, resemble, afford, accompany, attack, assist, pick, pervade, precede, obey, order, combat, benefit, inform, violate, etc.
He ordered for a cup of tea. (Incorrect)
He ordered a cup of tea. (Correct)
The design of this house is different from and inferior to that of other houses. (Correct)
Preposition Omitted
निम्न स्थितियों में Preposition का प्रयोग नहीं किया जाता है:1. सामान्यतया Transitive verbs के साथ Preposition का प्रयोग नहीं किया जाता है। इस तरह की verbs हैं: Reach, resist, resemble, afford, accompany, attack, assist, pick, pervade, precede, obey, order, combat, benefit, inform, violate, etc.
He ordered for a cup of tea. (Incorrect)
He ordered a cup of tea. (Correct)
India attacked on Pakistan. (Incorrect)
India attacked Pakistan. (Correct)
He informed to me yesterday. (Incorrect)
He informed me yesterday. (Correct)
2. कुछ समय व्यक्त करने वाले शब्दों; जेसे Morning, evening, day, night, month,week, year इत्यादि; से पूर्व यदि किसी Objective; जैसे: This, that, next, every, last इत्यादि का प्रयोग हो, तो उस समय व्यक्त करने वाले शब्दों से पूर्व कोई Preposition नहीं लगाना चाहिए। जैसे:
She is going to Jaipur the next morning.
I met her last evening.
Ram is coming here next month.
3. (A) अन्यथा समय व्यक्त करने वाले उक्त शब्दों के पूर्व Preposition आता है। जैसे:
She went in the morning.
I met her in the evening.
Ram is coming here on Sunday.
She went in the morning.
I met her in the evening.
Ram is coming here on Sunday.
(B) Yesterday, today, tomorrow के पूर्व भी कोई Preposition नहीं आता है। जैसे:
Please meet me tomorrow.
He is arriving today.
He went yesterday.
4. Home: Home के साथ जब गति (motion) व्यक्त करने वाले verbs; जैसे: go, get इत्यादि; का प्रयोग किया गया है तो Home के साथ Preposition का प्रयोग नहीं किया जाता है जैसे:
It took them three hours to get home.
I went home by bus.
Please meet me tomorrow.
He is arriving today.
He went yesterday.
4. Home: Home के साथ जब गति (motion) व्यक्त करने वाले verbs; जैसे: go, get इत्यादि; का प्रयोग किया गया है तो Home के साथ Preposition का प्रयोग नहीं किया जाता है जैसे:
It took them three hours to get home.
I went home by bus.
लेकिन यदि home के तुरन्त पूर्व किसी phrase/word का प्रयोग हो, तो Preposition लगता है। जैसे:
She returned to her husband's home.
I went to his home.
She returned to her husband's home.
I went to his home.
Home के साथ at का प्रयोग भी किया जाता है। जैसे:
You can do this work at home.
We can stay at home.
You can do this work at home.
We can stay at home.
लेकिन in के तुरन्त बाद home का प्रयोग नहीं किया जाता है। जैसे:
You can do this job in your own home.
We can live in our home.
5. स्थान एवं समय व्यक्त करने वाले शब्दों; जैसे: Last week, last month, abroad, minute, bit, inside, outside इत्यादि के साथ भी सामान्यतया Preposition नहीं लगता है। जैसे:
He came here last month
Sita is going abroad next week.
Please wait a minute/bit.
Please come inside.
Why are you standing outside?
You can do this job in your own home.
We can live in our home.
5. स्थान एवं समय व्यक्त करने वाले शब्दों; जैसे: Last week, last month, abroad, minute, bit, inside, outside इत्यादि के साथ भी सामान्यतया Preposition नहीं लगता है। जैसे:
He came here last month
Sita is going abroad next week.
Please wait a minute/bit.
Please come inside.
Why are you standing outside?
Appropriate Prepositions
कुछ शब्दों के साथ सामान्यतया एक निश्चित Preposition का प्रयोग होता है। यद्यपि यहाँ भी वाक्य के अर्थ को समझना आवश्यक है, तथापि नीचे दिए गए शब्द एवं उनके साथ प्रयुक्त Prepositions को बार-बार Revise करने से Prepositions का सही प्रयोग समझ में आ जाता है। परीक्षाओं में Prepositions सम्बन्धी Questions अधिकतर निम्न पर आधारित होते हैं:| Abundance of (wealth) | Devoid of (quality) |
| Accustomed to (work) | Eligible for (a post) |
| Attain to (a position) | Excuse for (a fault) |
| Accede to (a request) | Exchange a thing with a person |
| Absolved from (a promise, a sin) | Fatal to (one's cause) |
| Adhere to (principles) | Furnish with (clothes) |
| Abhorrent to (good nature) | Heir to (ancestral property) |
| Assure of a thing) | Hopeful of (success) |
| Acquit (someone) of a charge | Hunger after (fame) |
| Beware of (cheating) | Intimate with a person) |
| Condemn to (death) | Insist on a (thing) |
| Comply with (wishes) | Impertinent to (elders) |
| Despair of (success) | Insight into a matter or thing) |
| Deprive of (something) | Keep to (the left, the point) |
| Duty of the country) | Key to (success) |
| Exception to (a rule) | Match for (a person) |
| Envious of (a person or a thing) | Motive for (an action) |
| Elder to (some family member) | Need of (a thing) |
| Fearful of (death) | Occur to (mind) |
| Greedy of (money) | Pay for (one's mistakes) |
| Healed of (a disease) | Peculiar to (a person or a thing) 70. Pity for (poor, downtrodden) |
| Hostile to (a person) | Preface to (a book) |
| Innocent of (a crime) | Pride on (a thing) |
| Invite to (dinner) | Refrain from (doing some wrong) |
| Intimate with (person) | Respectful to (a person) |
| Invite to (dinner) | Rob (A person) of (a thing) |
| Jealous of (a person) | Short of (money) |
| Knock at the door) | Shocked at (a loss) |
| Mourn for the dead) | Sure of (some fact) |
| Mad with (anger) | Sacred to (a cause) |
| Need for (help) | Trouble to (person) |
| Notorious for (drinking, thing) | Want of (money) |
| Overwhelmed with (sorrow, grief) | Worthy of (a reward) |
| Passion for (study) | Search for (a thing) |
| Persist in (doing) | Work at (subject) |
| Pleased with (a person) | Stick to (point) |
| Proud of (a thing) | Translate into (language) |
| Prefer to (a thing) | Slur on (character) |
| Repent of a mistake) | Sentence to (punishment) |
| Assent to (a proposal) | Side with a person) |
| Avail ourselves of (an opportunity) | Superior to a thing) |
| Addicted to (drinking, wine etc.) | Search for (a thing) |
| Abstain from (food, indulgence etc). | Triumph over (difficulties) |
| Acquiesce (an opinion, in proposal) | Vain of (beauty) |
| Afraid of (a ghost) | Wanting in (wisdom) |
| Accession to (throne) | Yield to an enemy) |
| Absorbed in (study) | Sacred to (a cause) |
| Acquaintance with (a person) | Surrender to (enemy) |
| Comply with (one's wishes) | Suspect of (something) |
| Cured of (a disease) | Touch upon (subject) |
| Conducive to (health) | |
| Desirous of (doing something) |
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