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In reply to the discussion: Email I sent to Congresswoman Luria Re: Active or Retired military that engaged in the coup [View all]Dark n Stormy Knight
(10,484 posts)Truth, outrage, and passion delivered to the powers that be all fit the moment.
As for the plural of court martial, it seems court-martial or court martial are both acceptable as singular nouns and courts-martial or courts martial the preferred plural forms (per Wikipedia, for instance.) However, Merriam-Webster approves either courts-martial or court-martials. (They don't mention the non-hyphenated versions.) I suspect they won't be the only ones finding the s after either the first or second word acceptable.
In a similar vein, while I haven't looked up whether Attorney General or Attorneys General is considered correct, I'll bet the second is the preferred, but the first acceptable.
Due to my background, as both a student and a teacher, I almost always notice typos and related errors and they distract from the message. However, as they are more and more common (I am mortified at how many errors can be found in things I've posted!), I'm working on learning to move on from the jolt they give my brain and focus on the message. Though, often the errors make it possible only to assume the writer's intent, when a correction would have made it far more definite.