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.
Some imitative words are more surprising than others
They started as same word, but their meanings have drifted apart over time.
Is 'alright' all right?
We'll tell you all the perpendiculars
The most common vowel sound in English causes many spelling problems.