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MOMENTARY = lasting for only a very short time MOMENTOUS = of great significance monastery singular monasteries plural not monastry/monastries See PLURALS iii... Morocco mortgage not mor

See EI/IE SPELLING RULE.

mischievous

(not mischievious, as it is often mispronounced)

misplace

See DISPLACE OR MISPLACE?.

misrelated participles

See PARTICIPLES.

misspell

mis + spell

misspelled/misspelt

Both spellings are correct

mistletoe

moccasin

modern

(not modren)

moment

(not momment)

momentary or momentous?

MOMENTARY = lasting for only a very short time MOMENTOUS = of great significance

monastery (singular) monasteries (plural)

(not monastry/monastries)

See PLURALS (iii).

mongoose (singular) mongooses (plural)

(not mongeese)

monotonous

moping 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 principles.

My MORALE suffered badly when I failed my exams

and I lost all faith in myself for years

Morocco

mortgage

(not morgage as it is pronounced)

mosquito (singular) mosquitoes (plural)

See PLURALS (iv).

motto (singular) mottoes or mottos (plural)

See PLURALS (iv).

mould

mouldy

moustache

mucous or mucus?

MUCOUS is an adjective, as in MUCOUS membrane.

The name of the thick secretion of the mucous

membrane is MUCUS.

murmur

murmured, murmuring (not murmer-)

mustn't

This is the contracted form of 'must not'

Take care to place the apostrophe carefully

must of

This is an incorrect construction

See COULD OF

mute -e

Also known as magic -e and silent -e

See ADDING ENDINGS (ii).

reciprocal

Our dislike was MUTUAL.

Their marriage is based on MUTUAL respect.

Some would avoid the use of 'mutual' in expressions such as 'our mutual friend' because a third person is then introduced and the feelings of each person for the other two are not necessarily identical It might

be best here to describe the friend as one 'we have

in common'

myself

See I/ME/MYSELF.

myth

See LEGEND OR MYTH?.

Both forms are correct.

naivete/naivete/naivety/naivety

All these forms are correct.

nationalise or naturalise?

to NATIONALISE = to transfer ownership from the

private sector to the state

to NATURALISE = to confer full citizenship on a

foreigner

nebula (singular) nebulae or nebulas (plural)

See FOREIGN PLURALS.

necessary

necessity

negatives

See DOUBLE NEGATIVES.

neighbour

See EI/IE SPELLING RULE.

neither

See EI/IE SPELLING RULE.

neither nor

Compare EITHER OR.

nephew

-ness

Take care when adding this suffix to a word already ending in -n You will have double n:

cleanness

openness

suddenness

ra

Wrong spelling See PNEUMONIA

new

See KNEW OR NEW?

niece

See EI/IE SPELLING RULE.

nine

ninth

nineteen

nineteenth

ninety

ninetieth

no

See KNOW OR NO?

no body or nobody?

Use these exemplar sentences as a guide:

It was believed that he had been murdered but NO BODY was ever found, and so nothing could be

proved (= no corpse)

NOBODY likes going to the dentist (= no one)

none

The problem with 'none' is deciding whether to use with it a singular or a plural verb

Strictly speaking, a singular verb should accompany 'none':

NONE of the passengers WAS hurt (= not one) NONE of the milk WAS spilt (= not any)

Colloquially, a plural verb is often used when plural nouns follow the 'none of ' construction:

NONE of the passengers WERE hurt.

NONE of my friends LIKE pop music.

NONE of the children WANT an ice-cream.

Some reserve plural verbs in these cases for informal occasions; others would see them as perfectly

acceptable formally as well

no one

'No one' is singular and requires a singular verb:

NO ONE likes meanness.

'No one' should be written as two words and not hyphenated

nosey/nosy

Both spellings are correct

Note-, for informal use only.

noticeable

(not noticable)

See SOFT c AND SOFT G

not only but also

Take care with the positioning of each part of this pair:

Denise not only enjoys composing but also conducting

Denise enjoys two musical activities: composing, conducting

Put 'not only' in front of the first and 'but also' in front of the second, and let 'enjoys' refer

to both

Denise enjoys NOT ONLY composing BUT ALSO conducting.

Compare BOTH AND; EITHER OR; NEITHER NOR

nouns

There are four kinds of nouns: common, proper, abstract and collective