How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.
Is there one standard way?
Many of today's grammar rules can be traced to the opinions of one 18th century writer.
'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.
Here's the lowdown on what may be the most confusing pair of words in the English language.
English was never the same after the Norman Conquest
Our research turned up two archaic literal meanings