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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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Comedian ISMO on the complexities of the word 'tip'

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Who vs. Whom

 

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Words of the Year: 1066

 

English was never the same after the Norman Conquest

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

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Further vs. Farther

 

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

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'Nip it in the butt' or 'Nip it in the bud'?

 

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