They started as same word, but their meanings have drifted apart over time.
Why does it sound strange to say 'funner' or 'funnest?'
'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.
The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.
How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.
English was never the same after the Norman Conquest
Is there one standard way?
