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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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Further vs. Farther

 

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

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The Serial Comma Explained

 

Why don't they call it the Merriam-Webster comma?

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What Is an Eggcorn?

 

And how did it get that name?

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How a Word Gets into the Dictionary

 

What our editors are looking for when they enter words in Merriam-Webster.

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Sneaked vs. Snuck

 

How the irregular 'snuck' sneaked into the dictionary

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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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