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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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How to Remember 'Affect' and 'Effect'

 

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

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A Look at Uncommon Onomatopoeia

 

Some imitative words are more surprising than others

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

 

Is it all the same anyway?

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Is 'none' singular or plural?

 

Or both? Or neither?

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Some Odd Words with ISMO: "People Tipping"

 

Comedian ISMO on the complexities of the word 'tip'

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Lay vs. Lie

 

Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.