8 Ways to Use the Preposition BY (2025)

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Preposition of time

at:- Point of Time (HH:MM)
In :- period or Duration of time
On: Proper day or date like (dd:mm:yyyy)

Preposition of place

At: point of place or location
In: Area of place or inside of
on: upper serface

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“The most advanced archery BY Master Bow.” To clarify, Master Bow’s archery is the subject of the article, he is not the writer of it.

Could or should “By” be substituted with “Of”?

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“Come by” and “drop by” are perfectly good English but I think the “by” here is an adverb not a preposition. Prepositions have objects. In your examples the “by” qualifies the verb :)

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While reading the description of the article, I tried to think about various uses.

Having read it, I realised that I know of one use that was not directly covered. It relates to first use, but lacks the actual place, or splits the place from the occurrence of “by”.

Examples:
. Why don’t you drop by and see for yourself?
. I will be at home, if you want to come by.

Given how confusing this construct must appear to non-English speakers, I thought that it was worth mentioning.

Having written this, I have realised that the expression “come by” itself has at least two meanings.

The first is as shown in the second example above, meaning “come to where I am”.

The second means to acquire or obtain, which seems to relate to the meaning of “near”:

Examples:
. I will give it to you if I come by one.

I am not certain that this use is “good English”, but it is certainly used on occasions.

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