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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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'Everyday' vs. 'Every Day'

 

A simple trick to keep them separate

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Is It 'Hanger' or 'Hangar'?

 

How to remember which is which

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Hot Mess

 

Our research turned up two archaic literal meanings

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What Is an Eggcorn?

 

And how did it get that name?

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'One in the same' or 'One and the same'?

 

Is it all the same anyway?

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Is singular 'they' a better choice?

 

The awkward case of 'his or her'