How the irregular 'snuck' sneaked into the dictionary
How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.
A simple trick to keep them separate
Here's the lowdown on what may be the most confusing pair of words in the English language.
Why don't they call it the Merriam-Webster comma?
These people needed a computer
'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.