A preposition is a word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else. Examples of prepositions include words like 'after', 'before', 'on', 'under', 'inside' and 'outside'.

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 ...

They describe the relationship that nouns, pronouns or noun phrases have to other words in a sentence. Such as ‘on’, ‘under’, ‘beside’. ‘Space Cadet Carl lives in a space station’. ‘In’ is a ...

Ilham Sarukhanov from Azerbaijan writes: I'm slightly confused whether to use the preposition at before home or not. I've read the following sentence recently: I am likely to be late home this evening ...