What are Phrasal Prepositions?
How to make your writing both economical and clear by being sure that each and every pronoun has a clear antecedent.
Category: Prepositions
Do Prepositions Have Their Own Acronym?
In a virtual classroom visit, Thomas shows how making up your own acronym for the four kinds of prepositions can help you remember them.
Turn an indirect object into a prepositional phrase!
Here’s a trick for identifying indirect objects and a way to turn them into prepositional phrases, like magic!
What is an object of a preposition?
In this excerpt from the Intermediate Cozy Grammar Course, Marie gives a handy way to find the objects of prepositions.
When to Use After or Afterwards?
Pablo R. asks, “How do you know when to use after or afterwards?” Here’s a way to tell the difference between them and also the word afterward.
Can you end a sentence with a preposition?
Sometimes people teach that you can’t end a sentence with a preposition in English, but as Thomas explains, this simply isn’t true. Here’s why!
What is the difference between beside and besides?
Emilio W. asks, “What is the difference between beside and besides?” Here’s an answer from a recent Ask Cozy Grammar session, complete with examples.
How to learn prepositions?
Advay from Noida, India, asks, “How to learn prepositions?” In this quick introduction, Thomas gives examples of prepositions of time, place, and the secret preposition OF.