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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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Is 'none' singular or plural?

 

Or both? Or neither?

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How a Ghost Word Appeared in the Dictionary

 

An imaginary word that snuck into the dictionary

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The Serial Comma Explained

 

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

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'All over sudden' vs. 'All of a sudden'

 

Figuring it out at once

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Video: Why is there a 'c' in 'indict'?

 

And who put it there, anyway?

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Why is there a 'd' in 'fridge' but not in 'refrigerator'?

 

Thawing one of the mysteries of English

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