Prepositions in expressions

Prepositions might be small, but they can cause big problems when you’re trying to express yourself well in English. Here are some useful prepositions that are common in business communication.

Expressions

On the one hand, we’re financially secure; on the other, we need new customers.

In fact, I’ve been thinking the same thing.

I think we should go ahead with A. In other words, B can wait.

I don’t believe we should go ahead with the project. For one thing, it’s far too expensive.

I’d like to go over the figures with you at four.

My offer has been on the table for three days now; all you have to do is take it.

This project is very urgent. We’ll have to put everything else on the back burner for now.

In the long run, we should invest in telecommunications.

That’s not really the point under discussion here — let’s deal with that later.