Now that my kids are out of the house and I’m in the process of retiring from teaching, I have to be more creative in my efforts to find out how young people are using the language. One place I like ...

A preposition is a word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else. Examples of prepositions include words like 'after', 'before', 'on', 'under', 'inside' and 'outside'.

An authority on the English language has set us free from the tethers of what many have long regarded as a grammatical no-no. Or has it? The answer depends on how you side with a declaration from ...

Master using English prepositions 'on' and 'in' with this quick lesson! Learn the difference when describing means of transport.

Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster found itself in hot water recently after weighing in on an age-old grammatical debate. In an Instagram post, Merriam-Webster said it is "permissible" for people ...

Phrasal verbs represent a practically limitless group of verbs that can be combined with short adverbs or prepositions to produce new meanings. Here are some examples: Phrasal verbs are ubiquitous in ...

Those lists will probably be very familiar to people who have been learning Irish recently. They are a pain to learn but they are very useful on a number of levels. I don’t believe that one language ...

This study examines the acquisition of dative alternation (DA), namely, prepositional structures and double object constructions (DOCs), in English and Spanish. The analysis of Spanish and English ...