There are some words that I will always check. Their spelling or meaning don’t come naturally to me, however many times I come across them. I may not always check them in a dictionary or with someone else. At the very least I’ll do a mental check, usually against one of the rules – “fri-Continue reading “Words that I always check”
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Getting it write? Why the right word matters
They used the hose to dig his garden; then they took the hoes to the far end of the garden to water the plants in the boarders. OK, that’s an extreme example above… and a made-up one. But if you do any sort of proofreading you’re bound to come across examples of how the wrongContinue reading “Getting it write? Why the right word matters”
Spelling tricks, and how to remember which word to use in English
Sitting day-dreaming in my primary school class one day years ago, I realised the English teacher was saying something interesting about how you could “fry your friend to the end”. A striking image for my then fertile imagination … and a good way to remember how to spell “friend”. And better than that old andContinue reading “Spelling tricks, and how to remember which word to use in English”
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