Complex Preposition

A complex preposition is a word group (such as "along with" or "on account of") that functions like an ordinary one-word preposition.

Complex prepositions can be divided into two groups:

• two-word units (a word + a simple preposition), such as apart from (also known as compound prepositions)
• three-word units (a simple preposition + a noun + a simple preposition), such as by means of (also known as phrasal prepositions).

• Examples of Complex Prepositions in English

  according to
  ahead of
  along with
  apart from
  as for
  as well as
  aside from
  away from
  because of
  but for
  by means of
  by virtue of
  by way of
  close to
  contrary to
  due to
  except for
  far from
  for lack of
  in accordance with
  in addition to
  in back of
  in between
  in (the) case of
  in charge of
  in exchange for
  in front of
  in light of
  in line with
  in place of
  in (the) process of
  in regard to
  inside of
  in spite of
  instead of
  in view of
  near to
  next to
  on account of
  on behalf of
  on top of
  out of
  outside of
  owing to
  prior to
  subsequent to
  such as
  thanks to
  together with
  up against
  up to
  up until
  with respect to