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Is It 'Attorney Generals' Or 'Attorneys General'?

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'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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Comedian ISMO on the complexities of the word 'tip'

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And who put it there, anyway?

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How the irregular 'snuck' sneaked into the dictionary

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The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.

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Who vs. Whom

 

Good news for those who feel stuffy saying 'whom.'