Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Is the spelling forego or forgo?
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This is actually a trick question. Like the words to, too and two, forego and forgo are known as homonyms. Two or more words that sound s...
Friday, April 26, 2019
Is the spelling Aging or Ageing?
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Whether it’s debtors ageing/aging or ageism/agism in business, a search of the internet reveals around a third of articles on Australian ...
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Word of the Month appearing in Credit Matters newsletter celebrates nearly 3 years of articles.
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Sometimes when we look back we wonder where has the time gone. Today I was writing my latest Word of the Month for the Credit Matters news...
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...
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