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Where Goes The "S"?

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Dude777

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Nov 24, 2009, 7:18:04 AM11/24/09
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Since the plural of Attorney General is Attorneys General Is the plural
of mother fucker mothers fucker?

KK

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Nov 30, 2009, 12:18:44 PM11/30/09
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On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:18:04 -0500, Dude777 wrote:

> Since the plural of Attorney General is Attorneys General Is the plural
> of mother fucker mothers fucker?

No, in "Attorney General", "Attorney" is the noun and "General" an
adjective describing the noun.

Ignoring the fact that "motherfucker" is a single word, if it were two,
then "Fucker" is the noun and "Mother" the object of the verb whose
action is ascribed to the noun.

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