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There, their, or they’re? Whose [who’s??] spelling needs a quick overhaul?

Floccinaucinihilipilification – we might not bandy it around much in our daily conversation (well, you might, but I certainly don’t), but it usually ranks fairly highly in Oxford’s search monitor surveys. It’s one of those very rare and curious-sounding long words that entertain and amuse us – so much so that it came 38th in [...]

Posted on: 24 April 2012 | Posted by: Catherine Soanes | Comments: 5 | Categories: Grammar and writing help | Tags: confusables, grammar, homophones, pronoun, their, there, they're, who's, whose, you're, your