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minus-squarea_party_german [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agoWhy “Inspectors General” and not “Inspector Generals”? Sounds wrong. American is a weird language.
minus-squareFidelChadstro [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 days agoJust a guess but probably cuz Inspectors are what they are, for general purpose. They’re not generals who are inspectors.
minus-squarecomrade_pibb [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoExactly, just like Mothers in law
minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-24 days ago Why Because it’s not Egg Benedicts.
minus-squareGrapho@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoUnless you’re talking about Benedict Cumberbatch and Benedict XVI, both of whom are absolute eggs
minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agodeleted by creator
minus-squareLemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoIdk. Inspectors General sounds like someone directly translated from French but mixed up the grammar So as always, English is hanging between Francais influence and Deutscher-linked base, like Absalom between heaven and earth.
minus-squareLemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoOn another note, read it as general inspectors.
Why “Inspectors General” and not “Inspector Generals”? Sounds wrong. American is a weird language.
Just a guess but probably cuz Inspectors are what they are, for general purpose. They’re not generals who are inspectors.
Exactly, just like Mothers in law
Because it’s not Egg Benedicts.
Unless you’re talking about Benedict Cumberbatch and Benedict XVI, both of whom are absolute eggs
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Idk. Inspectors General sounds like someone directly translated from French but mixed up the grammar
So as always, English is hanging between Francais influence and Deutscher-linked base, like Absalom between heaven and earth.
On another note, read it as general inspectors.