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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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Pictures in the Dictionary

 

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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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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Sneaked vs. Snuck

 

How the irregular 'snuck' sneaked into the dictionary

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Comedian ISMO on what separates a boot from a trunk

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Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.

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Is 'none' singular or plural?

 

Or both? Or neither?