Do you know when to use the prepositions 'in' 'on' 'by' and 'with'? Take our English quiz on prepositions... The good old Wren and Martin describes the preposition as "a word used with a noun or a ...

In English, small but mighty words like "in," "on," "and," and "because" are essential for making our sentences clear and meaningful. Prepositions tell us the relationship between words, often ...

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.

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 ...