If a non-native speaker of English uses correct prepositions in their written and oral communication, they are said to have collocational knowledge/competence which can be defined as knowing which ...

Do you know when to use the prepositions 'in' 'on' 'by' and 'with'? Take our English quiz on prepositions... The good old Wren and Martin describes the preposition as "a word used with a noun or a ...

In any language there are certain conventions of expression--ways of writing and saying things--that are not necessarily dictated by grammatical rules. But when these conventions are not followed, the ...