First, what is a preposition? Before we dig into objects, let’s quickly go over what a preposition is. A preposition is a word that comes before a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun. Prepositions are used ...

Phrase complexity is a good application of phrase structure analysis, and it is one of the sub-composition of syntactic complexity, which focuses on phrasal complexity elaboration. The complexity of ...

I got an interesting e-mail recently from a reader who wanted to know about using “with” with an “ing” verb in “Robert took out a loan, with his house serving as collateral.” Joel wanted to know: Is ...