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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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The True Story of the Backward Index

 

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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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How to Read a French Menu

 

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