play video title attorney generals
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.

Up next

play video title attorney generals
Is It 'Attorney Generals' Or 'Attorneys General'?

 

'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.

play alright allright video
Alright vs. All Right

 

Is 'alright' all right?

play video websters video of 1864
Webster's Dictionary of 1864

 

The landmark edition that transformed the way dictionaries are made.

play there theyre their video
There, They're, Their

 

There, there. We'll sort it out.

play image1815466723
How Do You Pronounce 'Vase'?

 

And is one way more correct than the others?

play video lay vs lie
Lay vs. Lie

 

Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.