They started as same word, but their meanings have drifted apart over time.
What our editors are looking for when they enter words in Merriam-Webster.
Why don't they call it the Merriam-Webster comma?
Is it all the same anyway?
A simple trick to keep them separate
'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.
How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.
