Prepositions in instructional writing
Prepositions are particularly important when trying to communicate instructions about time and place.
The Activity page appears in the menu entitled 'This Unit' in the upper right corner of this page. The Activity page contains one slide: an example of instructional writing from our corpus. You can see that quite precise instructions are given as part of a recipe. It is reprinted below with the prepositions highlighted.
Method
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Prepositions in instructional writing: Activity
Method
Cut the meat into even-sized cubes, leaving any fat, but removing all gristle.
Process for 10 seconds, scrape the sides. Make sure the meat is thoroughly evenly cut, then turn the meat into a separate bowl.
Add the onion and egg yolk to the bowl and process until the food is pureed, add salt and pepper to the meat.