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Alexa, please tell me about the... Attorneys general Senators elect Ahhhhhhh!

• ksenzee 8y ago
  The difference is that these are phrases with adjectives, not nouns being used adjectivally.
  • a1369209993 8y ago
    "Attorney generals" is a noun phrase (admittedly of questionable adjectivity). "Attorneys general" is a blind idiot translation of a phrase in a language with different grammatical rules (Latin, IIRC).
    • gowld 8y ago
      "Attorney" is a noun. "General" as used here is an adjective. It's unusual in that the adjective follows the noun without a hyphen, but it's common enough, and it's where prepositional phrases are seen, like "Big man on campus" and "powers that be". Did ancient Romans have attorneys general?