A phrase is a group of two or more words that does not contain a subject and a verb working together. There are many types of phrases, including verb phrases, adverb phrases, and adjective phrases.

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 ...

Over the years, I’ve seen a lot of “most common grammar mistakes” lists on the internet. And, over the years, I’ve learned they’re almost always wrong. That is, in every published list of the grammar ...

If you ask those who have never committed any preposition-related error to cast the first stone, even the hand of the most experienced English teacher will begin to ...

“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 ...

'good at' or 'good in'? Lim Chiu Lan from Malaysia doesn't know if we say someone is 'good at English' or 'good in English' ...

Last week, we identified ‘in the bus’, ‘enter into a place’ and ‘discuss about’ as some of the prepositional/tautological errors we should avoid. When ...

Today, we are looking at four other prepositional errors, starting with ‘good in something’. Use “good in” mainly to describe someone’s performance within a broader field or a specific context, such ...