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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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An Abbreviated History of American English Spelling

 

Soop, wimmen, and headake did not make the cut

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Drive Safe: In Praise of Flat Adverbs

 

You don't have to end all your adverbs in -ly to talk right.

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

 

Figuring it out at once

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The Schwa

 

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

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

 

What about Day Tomorrow?

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Is singular 'they' a better choice?

 

The awkward case of 'his or her'

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