For this week’s column, we break from our regularly scheduled program of well-fleshed-out individual topics to reach into my grab bag of language issues popping up in my little corner of the grammar ...

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.

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 ...

dire à to say to/to tell Elle a dit à son frère de ne pas s’inquiéter. – She told her brother not to worry. demander à to ask L’élève a demandé au prof s’il y avait des devoirs. – The pupil asked the ...

Ghanaian English is saturated with sentences such as: “We must all seek FOR knowledge”, the elders will discuss ABOUT the issue”, “Teacher Azindoo emphasizes ON group studies”, and Maltiti does not ...

In these examples, down and back are not prepositions but function as adverbs to extend or change the meaning of the verb. This combination of verb and adverb is always known as a phrasal verb. Note ...