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.

Late last month, Merriam-Webster shared the news on Instagram that it’s OK to end a sentence with a preposition. Hats off to them, sincerely. But it is hard to convey how bizarre, to an almost comical ...

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 ...

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In The Sense of Style, Steven Pinker settles a war among the scolds with a sensible approach to usage. It would surprise many writers and editors to learn that Strunk and White, authors of the most ...

Learn the common English prepositions IN, ON, and AT. Master these grammar rules to improve your English language skills and avoid frequent mistakes! Secret Service finds 17 'skimming' devices in tour ...

SSC English language paper is very scoring and some of candidate’s desired subject. But you have to understand the basics of English grammar to prepare well for the upcoming exam. ‘Prepositions’ is a ...

You’ve probably heard the old story about the pedant who dared to tinker with Winston Churchill’s writing because the great man had ended a sentence with a preposition. Churchill’s scribbled response: ...

This is the kind of nonsense up with which I will not put. The sentence scrawled above was Winston Churchill’s alleged response to the idea that one can’t end a sentence with a preposition, giving ...

Ellen Jovin is not the grammar police. She's more like a grammar guru, a gentle, nonjudgmental guide who knows English isn't etched into a linguistic stone, rigid and unchangeable. Instead, she knows ...