[binand]

Originally Posted by fordday

I could not decipher the usage of the highlighted word above.

I assume the OP typed "btw" (usual Internet acronym for "by the way") which was autocorrected by their device's keyboard app to "between".

[Thad E Ginathom]

Well done! That kind of backwards translation is becoming a common and necessary skill!

[luvDriving]

One thing which perplexed me is the plural of Attorney General. I assumed that it will be Attorney Generals.

Today I came across the plural mentioned in an online post and realized that it is in fact Attorneys General. Then of course I had to find out the meaning of the word general in the name. It turns out that Attorney General is someone who holds a general power of attorney or the principal holder of the power of attorney.

Thus it is not general but attorney which is pluralized.

[Thad E Ginathom]

From my youth comes the lesson of Postmasters General. The same would apply to Attorneys.

It is the noun which is plural.

[Thad E Ginathom]

which is pluralized

By the way, I don't think you can (or should ) verb that noun/adjective

[binand]

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

By the way, I don't think you can (or should) verb that noun/adjective

Merriam-Webster says that's OK and has been so since 1750.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pluralize

In contrast, people have been verbing verb only since 1928 apparently.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verb

[Thad E Ginathom]

So it's a three-hundred-year-old mistake!

[luvDriving]

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

By the way, I don't think you can (or should ) verb that noun/adjective

It seemed very natural while typing and I did not give a second thought to it's legality or morality.

Originally Posted by binand

Merriam-Webster says that's OK and has been so since 1750.

Thank you for the research.

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

So it's a three-hundred-year-old mistake!

Nowadays you can hear (or read) a verb form or an adjectivification of almost any word.

[Thad E Ginathom]

adjectivificationalisation?

(Yes! I made the minimum post length in one word!)

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by luvDriving

Nowadays you can hear (or read) a verb form or an adjectivification of almost any word.

Because you can does not mean you should. Good English is as much to do with style as grammar.

[dailydriver]

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

Because you can does not mean you should. Good English is as much to do with style as grammar.

Because someone at school (wrongly, i now realise!) taught me that one shouldn't begin a sentence with because because because is a conjunction, it took me a moment to digest your sentence.

One can't, however, end any sentence with because because because is a conjunction.

[swissknife]

Originally Posted by dailydriver

Because someone at school (wrongly, i now realise!) taught me that one shouldn't begin a sentence with because because because is a conjunction, it took me a moment to digest your sentence.

One can't, however, end any sentence with because because because is a conjunction.

The word that is used extensively in your post above is, because.

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by dailydriver

Because someone at school (wrongly, i now realise!) taught me that one shouldn't begin a sentence with because because because is a conjunction, it took me a moment to digest your sentence.

I would support your teacher. But because we are writing informally in a forum, conversational style is fine. Hence...



The oft-quoted formally-taught grammatical wrong with which I have patience is that one should not split an infinitive. Split away, folks, to your hearts' content: you are not writing in Latin!

[tilt]

*deleted because Binand's post was the correct interpretation and mine was not*

[Thad E Ginathom]

Is there a similar explanation to the "misuse" of till?

"Till now I have not had a problem posting on T-BHP," in British English, means that I now have a problem. [Un]til now implies a change.

I put misuse in quotes because it seems to be established usage in Indian English