How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.
'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.
Often used, often confused. Here's some guidance and insight.
Figuring it out at once
Our research turned up two archaic literal meanings
'Mischievous,' 'nuclear,' and other words to pronounce with caution.
The most common vowel sound in English causes many spelling problems.