'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.
And who put it there, anyway?
The most common vowel sound in English causes many spelling problems.
How to 'amuse-bouche' without begging pardon for your French
How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.
Why does it sound strange to say 'funner' or 'funnest?'
We're intent on clearing it up