One aspect of the English language that is hard for non-native speakers of English is prepositions. They tend to use prepositions either incorrectly or redundantly. Recently, a friend requested me to ...

Some nouns, particularly abstract nouns, have to be followed by a prepositional phrase in order to demonstrate what they relate to. They cannot just stand by themselves. There is usually only one ...

We ran this headline on Monday: “10-year-old girl pries open alligator’s mouth to free leg in Florida lake attack.” This is an interesting American usage. To “pry” in US English can mean to force open ...

I want to know as many examples of nouns and prepositions as possible: approval of, awareness of, belief in, fondness for, grasp of, hatred of, etc. Also how does this affect the construction of the ...

Some nouns, particularly abstract nouns, have to be followed by a prepositional phrase in order to demonstrate what they relate to. They cannot just stand by themselves. There is usually only one ...