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Commonly Confused

Is It 'Attorney Generals' Or 'Attorneys General'?

'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.

'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.

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Is It 'Attorney Generals' Or 'Attorneys General'?

 

'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.

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Is singular 'they' a better choice?

 

The awkward case of 'his or her'

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How to Remember 'Affect' and 'Effect'

 

A simple way to keep them apart. (Most of the time.)

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What about Day Tomorrow?

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When Body Parts Are Also Verbs

 

Head, shoulders, metaphors, and toes

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Words of the Year: 1066

 

English was never the same after the Norman Conquest

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Lay vs. Lie

 

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