My method is to say that in a stationery shop there will be envelopes, and envelope begins with the letter 'e'.
I was in a great little store at Westfield Doncaster today, called daiso. I love this store, with its huge range of bits and pieces to make life easy. It's a bit like the Tardis, small on the outside but enormous on the inside.
I was with a group of teachers, and needless to say we're nit-pickers when it comes to spelling, so of course I pointed out this sign:
Loved the immediate quip by one of my friends. 'Well, the stock on that display's not going to move fast.'
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it's one of those words that so many get wrong... i've always remembered the difference using your style of logic parlance - 'e' for exercise book, so stationery with an 'e' has to do with writing, paper, etc. (although in this age of computers youngsters may not make the connection...)
proud womon, now I know we're the same vintage. Do kids these days even call them exercise books? I'm still doing some tutoring, so I'll check up on this one. Maybe they don't ever go into a stationer's shop, lol.
Perhaps they stand around with a tablet or iPad in their hands, so maybe we should all start spelling it 'stationary'.
Actually, I remember it because a car can be mobile or stationary.
Oh Mary, I see I got it mixed up. It was my logic that was back-to-front! Cars can be stationary. Now I think I'm going to remember that even more easily. Thanks!
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