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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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What Is an Eggcorn?

 

And how did it get that name?

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Is It 'day today' or 'day-to-day'?

 

What about Day Tomorrow?

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Comedian ISMO on what separates a boot from a trunk

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Ending a Sentence with a Preposition

 

An old-fashioned rule we can no longer put up with.

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Hopefully

 

We believe the popular usage of this word is correct

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'All Intensive Purposes' or 'All Intents and Purposes'?

 

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