WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Parts of the human brain think about the same word differently, at least when it comes to prepositions, according to new language research in stroke patients conducted by ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with John McWhorter, Columbia University linguist and New York Times columnist about the recent Merriam-Webster declaration that English sentences may end with prepositions.

Some writers follow the old rule that says you should never end a sentence with a preposition. Others pile the prepositions on. For instance, here’s a sentence that Roger Angell credits to E. B. White ...