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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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Some Odd Words with ISMO: "People Tipping"

 

Comedian ISMO on the complexities of the word 'tip'

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

 

We're gonna stop you right there

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

 

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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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