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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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'Mispronunciations' That May Be Fine

 

'Mischievous,' 'nuclear,' and other words to pronounce with caution.

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How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?

 

And is one way more correct than the others?

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

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A word that (literally) drives people nuts

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

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Many of today's grammar rules can be traced to the opinions of one 18th century writer.