'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.
What our editors are looking for when they enter words in Merriam-Webster.
Figuring it out at once
Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.
There, there. We'll sort it out.
The awkward case of 'his or her'
The most common vowel sound in English causes many spelling problems.