LOS ANGELES - Can you conclude a sentence with a preposition? It's the latest internet debate causing frustration among many. Last week, Merriam-Webster, an authority on the English language, posted ...

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 ...

“Proper” English is full of stumbling blocks, and chief among them is the sentence that ends in a preposition. For example, this question: Are sentences that end in prepositions really something to be ...

Prepositions are words that show the relationship between a noun and something else in a sentence. Words like 'on', 'under' and 'inside', as well as phrases like 'next to', 'in front of', and 'on top ...

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.