• Evilsandwichman [none/use name]
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    1 month ago

    Had to Google this cause my English isn't that good, and now I know something new that my brain is filing under 'why does anyone know this?'

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      It's pretty useless tbf, one of those things that native english speakers wouldn't even notice if you got it "wrong"

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      1 month ago

      There are very few common words/expressions that use plural postpositive adjective. To add to what NephewAlphaBravo said - "wrong" will sound right to most Americans. The average American reads at a sixth grade level.

      A correct form is "attorneys general" but that's rare. The average American would say "attorney generals".

      • Feline
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        1 month ago

        A correct form is "attorneys general" but that's rare.

        Not "correct", just formal/academic. Down with proscriptive grammar!

      • keepcarrot [she/her]
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        1 month ago

        I just do it randomly for fun if the singular is a double noun. Suns day. Generals Store. It's very silly. I giggle inside.

      • egg1918 [she/her]
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        1 month ago

        Sergeants Major is another one that always sounded funny to me