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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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How Do You Pronounce 'Groceries'?

 

Is there one standard way?

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Words of the Year: 1066

 

English was never the same after the Norman Conquest

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What is a malaprop?

 

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

 

What about Day Tomorrow?

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The Schwa

 

The most common vowel sound in English causes many spelling problems.

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An Abbreviated History of American English Spelling

 

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