How the irregular 'snuck' sneaked into the dictionary
An imaginary word that snuck into the dictionary
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.
The awkward case of 'his or her'
An old-fashioned rule we can no longer put up with.
They started as same word, but their meanings have drifted apart over time.
