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If I Eat More Than You, Then I Will Be Fat.
I have been asked to explain the difference between the words then and than. Really, I have never understood the confusion between the two, as they bear no resemblance to one another, not even in pronunciation. But I, too, have seen a disconcerting number of cases where the two have been confused. So, an explanation. […]
Spelling Variations in the English-Speaking World
Posted by Editormum on Saturday, 19 April 2003 in Uncategorized | ∞
In a comment on another blog, someone wrote the word “faeces” and another person asked if the first person had meant “feces.” This query brings up an interesting dilemma among those who write internationally: how to handle the incredibly different spelling rules for various English-speaking countries. I’m going to look specifically at Great Britain and […]