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... -ise or -ize? Most words ending with this suffix can be spelt -ise or -ize in British English. American English is more prescriptive and insists on -ize whenever ... in informal contexts but should be avoided in formal writing. When it’s inappropriate to use slang, it is inappropriate to use these contractions. You have to write the forms in full. ITS OR IT’S? 105 K keenness ... (not -rr-...

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... plateaus or plateaux (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS. plausible pleasant (not plesant) pleasure plural See SINGULAR OR PLURAL?. plurals (i) Most words form their plural by adding -s: door doors; word words; ... donkeys boy boys guy guys PLURALS 137 often the introduction or the conclusion, may be a single sentence; other paragraphs may be a page or more long. Too many short paragraphs...

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... potatoes tomato tomatoes torpedo torpedoes About a dozen words can be either -s or -es and so you’ll be safe with these. Interestingly, some of these words until recently have required -es (words like cargo, ... a choice about changing or staying the same in the plural: buffalo or buffaloes Eskimo or Eskimos Other everyday words have very peculiar plurals which perhaps we take for grant...

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... See EMINENT, OR IMMINENT?. immoral See AMORAL OR IMMORAL?. implicit See EXPLICIT OR IMPLICIT?. imply or infer? To IMPLY somethingistohintatit: She IMPLIED that there were strong moral objections ... un-American Sometimes a hyphen is used for the sake of clarity. There is a difference in meaning between the words in these pairs: re-cover and recover re-form and reform co-respondent and...

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... a group or community: the rights of the INDIVIDUAL in society Informally it is also used in the sense of ‘person’: an untrustworthy INDIVIDUAL Avoid this use in formal contexts. industrial or INDUSTRIAL ... (iv). inflammable See FLAMMABLE OR INFLAMMABLE?. See also next entry. inflammable or INFLAMMABLE = easily bursting into inflammatory? flames INFLAMMATORY = tending to arouse violent fe...

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... LIKE?. likelihood liqueur or liquor? A LIQUEUR is a sweet, very strong, alcoholic drink usually taken in small glasses after a meal. LIQUOR refers to any alcoholic drink. liquorice See LICORICE/LIQUORICE. literally ... syllables) LITERATURE 111 L laboratory (singular) laboratories (plural) See PLURALS (iii). labour laborious laid See ADDING ENDINGS (iii) (exception to rule). See LAY OR LI...

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... town. 116 ME memento (singular) mementoes or mementos (plural) See PLURALS (iv). memorandum (singular) memoranda or memorandums (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS. memory (singular) memories (plural) See PLURALS ... never be used in a formal context. Substitute ‘many’ or recast the sentence altogether. lovable/loveable Both spellings are correct. luggage (not lugage) 112 LIVELIHOOD luxuriant...

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... ninth 121 memento (singular) mementoes or mementos (plural) See PLURALS (iv). memorandum (singular) memoranda or memorandums (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS. memory (singular) memories (plural) See PLURALS ... or mopping? mope + ing = moping mop + ing = mopping See ADDING ENDINGS (i) + (ii). moral or morale? Use these exemplar sentences as a guide: Denise is guided by strong MORAL princi...

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... expect. The problem arises in straightforward prose (an essay, perhaps, or a short story or a letter). The rule of thumb is that small numbers are written as words and large numbers are written as ... waiter 127  nucleus (singular) nuclei (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS. nuisance number See SINGULAR OR PLURAL?. numbers Should numbers be written in figures or in words? In mathematical, sc...

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... expressed above. ophthalmologist (not opth-) opinion (not oppinion) opposite oral See AURAL OR ORAL?. organise/organize Both spellings are correct. original originally original + ly ought ‘Ought’ is always followed by ... If you wish to write a letter or an essay that develops five or six points, then each point will have its own paragraph and you will add two more, one by way of an intr...

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