English was never the same after the Norman Conquest
The most common vowel sound in English causes many spelling problems.
How to remember which is which
You don't have to end all your adverbs in -ly to talk right.
Thawing one of the mysteries of English
How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.
They started as same word, but their meanings have drifted apart over time.