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Commonly Confused

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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Its vs. It's

 

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

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Affect vs. Effect

 

Here's the lowdown on what may be the most confusing pair of words in the English language.

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Pictures in the Dictionary

 

The story of those iconic illustrations.

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I vs. Me

 

'Between you and __'? Simple guidance for a tricky pronoun.

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Webster's Dictionary of 1864

 

The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.