Including is never a preposition, any more than its near synonyms containing, comprising and embracing are. It is the -ing form of the verb include, sometimes known as the present …

Jun 26, 2022 · The present participle phrase ("including improved cardiovascular health") modifies a phrase ("the benefits of exercise") from which it is separated by an entire predicate ("are …

Oct 1, 2013 · The comma before including shows that a new clause, even if it’s a non-finite clause, is to follow, and the comma before but and after to, indicates a weak interruption to that …

Dec 10, 2014 · In fact, the word including appears 354 times in the report (although some 40-odd of those are duplicates) I have listed below the 65 examples of " to include " (the figure in the …

Aug 28, 2014 · It could mean either "up to and including", or "strictly before". Which meaning it had in a specific context would depend upon the conventions governing that context, which …

Mar 3, 2014 · All of us, including me, have made mistakes. It is not have that determines the case of the first person pronoun here but including, which always takes me. Not to compare with 'I …

Mar 21, 2013 · It requires a comma because including is the subordinating conjunction for the dependent clause. Notice that if you DON'T put a comma there, you are essentially qualifying …

Jul 27, 2018 · "Including myself" may be correct depending how pedantic or prescriptive you want to be. In my opinion a strict rule of grammar shouldn't preclude us in using speech to have as …

Mar 4, 2012 · Several different users can change their own passwords, including administrators and normal users. No users are allowed to change their own passwords; including both …

Jun 17, 2015 · If you remove including the staff from the sentence then you would obviously use "is". Since including the staff is somewhat separate to the main clause its purpose is little more …