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”
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