Why is it attorneys general And not attorney generals? Brothers in law and not brother in laws?
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Generally, you should make a plural of the thing you’re pointing at.
This is my brother, according to the law (we’re related by marriage). This is my other brother, also according to the law. Together, they’re brothers, according to the law, or brothers-in-law.
The law shouldn’t be pluralized, because it’s not the thing you’re pointing at, and there’s only one law in question (the one that makes you all family).
Similarly, the attorney is of the general type, and secretaries of state serve only one state (whether that state is part of one nation or not).
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