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 ...