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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Is the spelling disruptor or disrupter?

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The words disruptor and disrupter are very similar to the words adaptor and adapter. You may even feel it is easy to then guess which is th...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Is the spelling adaptor or adapter?

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If we check the online British Oxford Dictionary, we’ll see the spelling as adapter, with adaptor listed as a secondary spelling. Because t...
Thursday, January 24, 2019

When to use which or that?

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Recently a person asked about the use of which and that. Whilst the Australian Dictionary site is about the preferred Australian English sp...
Thursday, January 17, 2019

Is the spelling program or programme?

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In the 60s I was taught the spelling was programme. As time went on the main spelling became program, with programme used in some instances...
Thursday, January 10, 2019

Adding the Word Check bookmarklet to the bookmarks bar.

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Recently I received an email from a person having troubles setting up the Word Check bookmarklet on their bookmarks bar. I thought I'd ...
Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Is the spelling grey or gray?

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In Australia, The Fifty Shades of Grey novel could easily be mistaken for a book about an achromatic colour as opposed to the person, Chris...
Thursday, December 21, 2017

Business person or businessperson

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Is it business person or businessperson? Businessman is listed in both the Australian Oxford and Macquarie dictionaries as a single word....
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