NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with John McWhorter, Columbia University linguist and New York Times columnist about the recent Merriam-Webster declaration that English sentences may end with prepositions.

Prepositions in te reo live up to their name: that is, they are always "preposed". Whenever a preposition is used it's always the first word in a phrase. This means, of course, that there can be no ...

Winston Churchill famously rubbished this grammatical convention by demonstrating the tortuous English which could result - "This is the sort of thing up with which I will not put." Simon Blake, ...

Clear up your preposition confusion! Learn 10 easy grammar rules for in, at, on, to, for, and more. Improve your English grammar skills with this lesson. Watch what happens when a 5,000kg orca hits a ...

A question from Lucy in Taiwan: Which of the following are correct? 1. What day is your birthday? 2. On what day is your birthday? 3. What day is the Christmas party? Hello Lucy. Thank you for your ...

Australia is an island country, which means that it is surrounded by water. The coastline of Australia is over 30,000 kilometres long. In this lesson, you will test your understanding of prepositions ...