The book demystifies some of the peculiarities of the English language that the students may have wondered about in the course of learning English. These peculiarities include: why the in women is pronounced like in bit; why the in debt is silent; why the past tense of go is went; and why we can say he is an utter fool but we cannot say *the fool is utter. The knowledge of the reasons behind these peculiarities enables the student to better appreciate the language which has become the lingua franca of the world.