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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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Is 'none' singular or plural?

 

Or both? Or neither?

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Its vs. It's

 

Some practical guidance, and interesting history, about a common mistake.

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Who vs. Whom

 

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

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A word that (literally) drives people nuts

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An Abbreviated History of American English Spelling

 

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