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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 a Ghost Word Appeared in the Dictionary

 

An imaginary word that snuck into the dictionary

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What Is 'Semantic Bleaching'?

 

How 'literally' can mean "figuratively"

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Pictures in the Dictionary

 

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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Fun, Funner, Funnest

 

Why does it sound strange to say 'funner' or 'funnest?'

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How Do You Pronounce 'Groceries'?

 

Is there one standard way?

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Ending a Sentence with a Preposition

 

An old-fashioned rule we can no longer put up with.

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