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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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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