Prepositions are words that show the relationship between a noun and something else in a sentence. Words like 'on', 'under' and 'inside', as well as phrases like 'next to', 'in front of', and 'on top ...

Those lists will probably be very familiar to people who have been learning Irish recently. They are a pain to learn but they are very useful on a number of levels. I don’t believe that one language ...