Nope. When the Jags make a comeback, they come back.

We tell you again: You fall through the cracks. The part between the cracks is the floor. You can’t fall through that.

Ever have been on a plane that diverted? How about one that had an emergency landing? They are not the same. When you divert, you are flying just fine; you just need to land somewhere other than your planned destination, due to weather or maybe an unruly or ill passenger. If you are making an emergency landing, it means something’s really wrong, and you have to land now. Right now. And it might not end well. This flight just was diverted. It landed just fine.

Passer-bys? No. Passers-by,
Attorney generals? No. Attorneys general.
Secretary of States? No. Secretaries of State.
Court-martials? No. Courts-martial.
Brother-in-laws? No. Brothers-in-law.

Whoops. This is correct! We thought for sure there was no apostrophe. But the Associated Press Stylebook, the bible of the “Horribly Wrong” Rules Committee, has decreed this acceptable. We yield to the AP.

And we go to the video archives for Segment 36: One word or two? https://youtu.be/6fobNDldgjU

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