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 ...

The first person on record to declare opposition to ending sentences with a preposition was the poet John Dryden in the 17th century.

In the biggest grammar news since the advent of the Oxford comma, the dictionary dignitaries at Merriam-Webster have declared it acceptable to end a sentence with a preposition.

An email writer recently took me to task for my “atrocious” grammar. Later I learned that my specific transgression is the occasional use of a preposition at the end of a sentence.

By removing the prepositions, we can make them grammatically acceptable. The expression ‘what … for’ means ‘why’ and the preposition ‘for’ can occur at the end of the sentences as in ...

Prepositions are short words and phrases that give information about place, time and manner, eg: 'on', 'under', 'near', 'below', 'by', 'at', 'in' You can join sentences, clauses and phrases together ...

The idea that sentences can end with a preposition has become a point of contention in the replies to a tongue-in-cheek social media post from dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster.

An email writer recently took me to task for my “atrocious” grammar. Later, I learned that my specific transgression is the occasional use of a preposition at the end of a sentence.