'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.
Our research turned up two archaic literal meanings
We believe the popular usage of this word is correct
How the irregular 'snuck' sneaked into the dictionary
And who put it there, anyway?
Here's the lowdown on what may be the most confusing pair of words in the English language.
Many of today's grammar rules can be traced to the opinions of one 18th century writer.