Phrases are in bold; objects of preposition are italicized. In 2016 (answering the question “when”) and for the first time (answering the question “under what condition”). Both are adverbial ...

If a preposition takes an object and is, as Merriam’s notes, “usually followed by” that object, it calls into question a sentence like “What did you do that for,” in which the ...

But the action being described took less time than reading about it did. All those prepositional phrases slowed the sentence. Yes, nobody would write that way (or so we hope). But it’s a good example ...

It's long been thought that ending a sentence with a preposition instead of following the word with an object is grammatically wrong, but many people still do so in phrases like "Who are you here ...

It's long been thought that ending a sentence with a preposition instead of following the word with an object is grammatically wrong, but many people still do so in phrases like "Who are you here ...

Merriam-Webster shocked some English nerds by debunking a preposition "rule." Here's where it came from in the first place. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.