Why do we say "ain't I" or "aren't I" instead of "amn't I"? What's the history of this usage? Are there any other similar patterns in English? I'm guessing it has something to do with the dispreference of two consecutive nasal consonants, but a more authoritative answer would be great.

I've heard all of the above words with X as "Zeh", is that an American - English thing? What's the correct way to pronounce each word?

What's the proper form for showing Miles as possessive when Miles is a person's name? Miles' or Miles's? My guess is Miles's, even though it looks wrong since we use miles' as plural possessive when speaking of the measurement. We're only dealing with one person.

What is the possessive of a noun ending in s? The boys' books. ? The boss' car.

I came across the following sentence as an English translation which sounds funny: Three witches watch three swatch watches, which witch watch which swatch watch? But it doesn't sound correct to my ears, is it grammatically correct?

Having read another excellent answer regarding the use of horizontal line-like characters, I'm interested to know the meanings of the horizontal bar and figure dash. In the other answer linked above, it is said that the em-dash is the appropriate character to use for parenthetical text, which I ...

Consider these two sentences: When we go home, we can then watch a DVD or When we go home, then we can watch a DVD Both mean the exact same thing but do they differ in linguistic terms?