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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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'Nip it in the butt' or 'Nip it in the bud'?

 

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How a Ghost Word Appeared in the Dictionary

 

An imaginary word that snuck into the dictionary

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There, They're, Their

 

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Webster's Dictionary of 1864

 

The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.

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When Body Parts Are Also Verbs

 

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Its vs. It's

 

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