However, I was interested to discover, on many dictionary sites, that se-parate and pre-pare have common origins, so I think this is a good way of remembering how to spell this word.
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Saturday, 2 June 2012
How to spell the word 'separately'
Today must have been my day for coming across signs with misspellings.
As with the words I wrote about earlier, a knowledge of Latin might have helped the writer of this sign, but not many people today have studied Latin.
However, I was interested to discover, on many dictionary sites, that se-parate and pre-pare have common origins, so I think this is a good way of remembering how to spell this word.
However, I was interested to discover, on many dictionary sites, that se-parate and pre-pare have common origins, so I think this is a good way of remembering how to spell this word.
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