On Writing

Stationery vs. Stationary

There is an old joke which goes as follows: “It doesn’t matter how hard you push the envelope; it will always be stationary.” One could argue that the joke works better spoken rather than written, as writing the joke down forces the writer down a particular path. Does the writer choose stationary or stationery? I […]

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Practise vs. Practise

On Writing / graemewlamb

Many people struggle with correctly using the word practise/practice. I have had the odd struggle myself, as when I was running a bookkeeping practice, I would also in the evenings practise the piano. Let’s look at those spellings again, but broken down into two different sentences: “I run a bookkeeping practice.” “I am going to

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