If we compare nouns, pronouns and verbs with bricks that make the substance of a building, we may compare prepositions to the mortar. It binds separate elements into a single structure. Ergo, ...

THERE are lots of assumptions that people have about English grammar. This has led to the postulating of many rules that are needless. In this column, I focus on helping to break some of those grammar ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): If our purpose were to give a learner his first idea of a preposition, we might say that it is a word which expresses the relation of one thing to another in respect of place ...

For years, grammar nerds have been wagging their finger at students and writers who dare break one of their most sacred rules: ending a sentence with a preposition. But last week, Merriam-Webster, one ...

One aspect of the English language that is hard for non-native speakers of English is prepositions. They tend to use prepositions either incorrectly or redundantly. Recently, a friend requested me to ...