'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.
Many of today's grammar rules can be traced to the opinions of one 18th century writer.
And who put it there, anyway?
A simple trick to keep them separate
You don't have to end all your adverbs in -ly to talk right.
Some imitative words are more surprising than others
A simple way to keep them apart. (Most of the time.)