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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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There, They're, Their

 

There, there. We'll sort it out.

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What Is an Eggcorn?

 

And how did it get that name?

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Further vs. Farther

 

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

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Sneaked vs. Snuck

 

How the irregular 'snuck' sneaked into the dictionary

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Is 'none' singular or plural?

 

Or both? Or neither?

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Lay vs. Lie

 

Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.