Many of today's grammar rules can be traced to the opinions of one 18th century writer.
What our editors are looking for when they enter words in Merriam-Webster.
Why don't they call it the Merriam-Webster comma?
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
The most common vowel sound in English causes many spelling problems.
Is it all the same anyway?