WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Parts of the human brain think about the same word differently, at least when it comes to prepositions, according to new language research in stroke patients conducted by ...

Connect to or connect with? On television or in television? Admit someone to hospital or in hospital? What is the difference between ‘old for his years’ and ‘old in years’? Which is correct: try ...

Whenever I check copies of my undergraduate Engineering students I get confused at their rampant and unsparing use of prepositions in sentences. They are not to blame for using wrong or confusing ...

About two years ago, I conducted an informal survey among those whose proficiency in English is fairly good to find out which aspect of English they found difficult to master. Those who took part in ...

Languages have evolved over time. The English language, perhaps because of its wide reach and usage, appears to have been the most affected. In a way, this has affected the way different age groups ...

AN English teacher in Iran, Farhad H., recently sent me e-mail asking this very interesting question about preposition usage: “I often have difficulty when it comes to the difference between the ...

Over the years, I’ve seen a lot of “most common grammar mistakes” lists on the internet. And, over the years, I’ve learned they’re almost always wrong. That is, in every published list of the grammar ...

In the biggest grammar news since the advent of the Oxford comma, the dictionary dignitaries at Merriam-Webster have declared it acceptable to end a sentence with a preposition. This, of course, has ...