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

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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 tries to figure out 'one' and 'two'

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Webster's Dictionary of 1864

 

The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.

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