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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 to Remember 'Affect' and 'Effect'

 

A simple way to keep them apart. (Most of the time.)

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Literally

 

A word that (literally) drives people nuts

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I vs. Me

 

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

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How Do You Pronounce 'Groceries'?

 

Is there one standard way?

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Further vs. Farther

 

They started as same word, but their meanings have drifted apart over time.

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Why Do People Pronounce It "Nucular"?

 

A linguistic analysis of a notorious pronunciation