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- •I
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quarrel
quarrelled, quarrelling
See ADDING ENDINGS (iv).
quarrelsome
quarter
question marks
A question mark is the correct end stop for a
question. Note that it has its own built-in full stop
and doesn't require another.
Has anyone seen my glasses?
Note that indirect questions do not require question
marks because they have become statements in the
process and need full stops.
He asked if anyone had seen his glasses.
See INDIRECT SPEECH/REPORTED SPEECH.
questionnaire
(not -n-)
questions (direct and indirect)
See QUESTION MARKS.
See INDIRECT SPEECH/REPORTED SPEECH.
queue
queued, queuing or queueing
quiet or quite?
The children were as QUIET as mice, (quiet = two
syllables)
You are QUITE right, (quite = one syllable)
quotation or quote?
Use these exemplar sentences as a guide:
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- QUOTATION MARKS
Use as many QUOTATIONS as you can.
Use as many quotes as you can. (quotation = a
noun)
I can QUOTE the whole poem, (quote = a verb)
quotation marks
See INVERTED COMMAS.
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radiator
(not -er)
radically
radical + ly
radius (singular) radii or radiuses (plural)
See FOREIGN PLURALS.
raise or rise?
Let us look at these two words first as verbs (doing
words):
My landlord has decided to RAISE the rent.
He RAISED the rent a year ago.
He has RAISED the rent three times in four years.
My expenses RISE all the time.
They ROSE very steeply last year.
They have RISEN steadily this year.
Now let us look at them as nouns (a raise, a rise):
You should ask your employer for a RISE.
You should ask your employer for a RAISE.
An increase in salary is called 'a rise' in the UK and
'a raise' in America.
raping or rapping?
rape + ing = raping
rap + ing = rapping
See ADDING ENDINGS (i), (ii).
rapt or wrapped?
RAPT = enraptured (RAPT in thought)
WRAPPED = enclosed in paper or soft material
raspberry
(not rasberry)
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- RATABLE/RATEABLE
ratable/rateable
Both spellings are correct.
realise/realize
Both spellings are correct.
really
real + ly
reason
reasonable
rebut or refute?
REBUT = to take the opposite side in an argument
REFUTE = to prove an assertion or allegation to be
wrong
reccomend
Wrong spelling. See RECOMMEND.
receipt
See EI/IE SPELLING RULE.
receive
See EI/IE SPELLING RULE.
recent or resent?
RECENT = happening not long ago
RESENT = to feel aggrieved and be indignant
recipe
recognise/recognize
Both spellings are correct.
recommend
recover or re-cover?
Bear in mind the difference in meaning that the
hyphen makes:
RECOVER = get better, regain possession
RE-COVER = to cover again
See HYPHENS (iv).
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- R ELIEF
rediculous
Wrong spelling. See RIDICULOUS.
refectory
(not refrectory)
refer
referred, referring, referee, reference
See ADDING ENDINGS (iv).
referee or umpire?
REFEREE = football, boxing
UMPIRE = baseball, cricket, tennis
refrigerator
(abbreviation = fridge)
refute
See REBUT OR REFUTE?
regal or royal?
REGAL = fit for a king or queen; resembling the
behaviour of a king or queen
ROYAL = having the status of a king or queen, or
being a member of their family
regret
regretted, regretting, regrettable, regretful
See ADDING ENDINGS (iv).
regretfully or regrettably?
REGRETFULLY = with regret
REGRETTABLY - unfortunately
rehearsal
rehearse
relevant
(not revelant)
relief
See EI/IE SPELLING RULE.
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- R EMEMBER
remember
(not rember)
repellent or repulsive?
Both words mean 'causing disgust or aversion'.
REPULSIVE, however, is the stronger of the two; it
has the sense of causing 'intense disgust', even
horror in some circumstances.
REPELLENT can also be used in the sense of being
able to repel particular pests (a mosquito repellent)
and in the sense of being impervious to certain
substances (water-repellent).
repetition
(not -pit-)
repetitious or repetitive?
Both words are derived from 'repetition'. Use
REPETITIOUS when you want to criticise
something spoken or written for containing tedious
and excessive repetition. 'Repetitious' is a derogatory
term.
Use REPETITIVE when you want to make the point
that speech, writing or an activity involves a certain
amount of repetition (e.g. work on an assembly line
in a factory). 'Repetitive' is a neutral word.
reported speech
See INDIRECT SPEECH/REPORTED SPEECH.
representative
repulsive
See REPELLENT OR REPULSIVE?.
resent
See RECENT OR RESENT?.
reservoir
From 'reserve', (not resevoir)
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