If you're reading this, you're probably not giving it too much thought, but maybe you should because the English language is fraught with pitfalls that make our ability to master the written word as impressive as our getting a man on the moon.
In other depressing news, an Honorary Professor of Linguistics has gone ahead and put “chillax” on the list of the 100 words that have helped define the English language throughout history. Lord help us all, we thought people only said it as a joke to make fun of the peop…