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

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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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Words of the Year: 1066

 

English was never the same after the Norman Conquest

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A word that (literally) drives people nuts

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The most common vowel sound in English causes many spelling problems.

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Who vs. Whom

 

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