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Unrelated, but boy howdy do I love a plural postpositive adjective
Edit: thank you for all the fun examples and discussion. Did not expect to wake up and see this many responses to a comment I put almost no thought into, I love this website
Grands Prix
I did some googling. My favorite one is musicians extraordinaire. The runner-up is eggs Benedict.
Burritos Supreme
Carne Asadas Burrito Supreme
Um it's Burritai, sweaty
I think
as far as runners up go it's a good one
indeed. i hope they bring in several attorneys general and enforce this with all the sergeants major.
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?'
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".
Not "correct", just formal/academic. Down with proscriptive grammar!
Sergeants Major is another one that always sounded funny to me
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.
It's pretty useless tbf, one of those things that native english speakers wouldn't even notice if you got it "wrong"