Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster found itself in hot water recently after weighing in on an age-old grammatical debate. In an Instagram post, Merriam-Webster said it is "permissible" for people ...

There were a few things drilled into our heads back in English class: "Funner" isn't a word. Neither is "stupider." Don't start a sentence with a conjunction. Don't end one with a preposition. The ...

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 ...

PREPOSITIONS form a pretty exclusive club. Unlike nouns and verbs, of which there are squillions each, Wikipedia lists over a hundred modern one-word prepositions, a few two-word ("next to") and three ...

Merriam-Webster shocked some English nerds by debunking a preposition "rule." Here's where it came from in the first place. There were a few things drilled into our heads back in English class: ...