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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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I vs. Me

 

'Between you and __'? Simple guidance for a tricky pronoun.

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Is It 'day today' or 'day-to-day'?

 

What about Day Tomorrow?

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Old-School Grammar

 

Many of today's grammar rules can be traced to the opinions of one 18th century writer.

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Ending a Sentence with a Preposition

 

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