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10 EASY Grammar Rules For PREPOSITIONS (in, at, on, to, for, etc.)

Prepositions are short words that usually stand in front of nouns to show a relation to them. English learners find ...
Purdue University

Thinking of prepositions turns brain 'on' in different ways

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 ...
journalgazette

A proposition eases our use of prepositions

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 ...
Lifehacker

Are Sentences That End in Prepositions Really Something to Be Wary of?

“Proper” English is full of stumbling blocks, and chief among them is the sentence that ends in a preposition. For example, this question: Are sentences that end in prepositions really something to be ...
The New York Times

The Use of the Preposition.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...