Story of English

English has no future

Will, shall, and other mysteries

May 20 • Colin Gorrie

Why you’re not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition

And why you do it anyway

May 6 • Colin Gorrie

A bluffer’s guide to etymology

How to guess the age and origin of any English word

Apr 8 • Colin Gorrie

1066 didn't change English (but 1250 did)

How all those French words actually got into English

Feb 11 • Colin Gorrie

Scots, English, and the linguistic uncanny valley

English’s fascination with its closest cousin

Jan 21 • Colin Gorrie

Were Old Norse and Old English a single language?

I say hām, you say heimr, let's call the whole thing off.

Jan 17 • Colin Gorrie

The wild world of grammatical gender

Beyond masculine, feminine, and neuter

Dec 6, 2025 • Colin Gorrie

Why people feel entitled to correct your grammar online

A natural history of the language police

Nov 26, 2025 • Colin Gorrie

The English language’s wild century

And those who tried to resist it

Nov 22, 2025 • Colin Gorrie

The beginner’s guide to Early Modern English

How English emerged from the Middle Ages

Sep 27, 2025 • Colin Gorrie

What people get wrong about Elizabethan English

How to sound like Shakespeare

Sep 24, 2025 • Colin Gorrie

The Celtic roots of English

If indeed there are any

Aug 27, 2025 • Colin Gorrie

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