the committee has voted, our team has won Only one t, but committal has a double t
Commitment
Common sense
Noun. When written as commonsense (one word), it is an adjective (‘a commonsense approach’)
Complement, compliment, complimentary
Complement: to make complete Compliment: to praise A complimentary copy is free
Comprise
Comprise or comprises, not ‘comprise of’
Consult
Not consult with
Continual
Repeated over a period of time. Continuous means uninterrupted or unbroken No hyphen, but use a hyphen for: co-opt, co-author, Co-op (the store), and the role title ‘co - ordinator’
Cooperate, cooperation, cooperative, coordinate
Copyright
Where external copyright is required and granted, include the copyright information alongside the material (such as picture captions). The copyright symbol © is written by holding down CTRL+ALT+C A coroner records a verdict, a jury returns a verdict Could have, not could of. Su ch as “He could have gone home.”
Coroner
Could
Council Tax
Initial capitals
Court
Capitals when referring to a specific court, then lower case in following references eg Manchester Magistrates’ Court...The court...Also note it is Magistrates Court, but Manchester magistrates. Court of Appeal rather than appeal court As a noun, one word. As a verb, two words: “to crack down on.” Fire can cause £1m of damage or damage estimated at £1m, not £1m worth of damage. Damage in itself is not worth anything
Crackdown
Damage
Defuse, diffuse
Defuse is to render harmless Diffuse is to spread about
Dependant, Dependent
Dependant (noun) as in a person who relies on another, dependent (adjective) as in ‘our trip is dependent on the weather’ Always different from, not different to or different than
Different
Discreet, discrete
Discreet means being careful and prudent Discrete is having distinct or separate parts
Disk, disc
Disk: Used for anything relating to computers. Disc: all other uses, eg disc brakes, she slipped a disc Neutral or unbiased. Uninterested means not displaying interest, bored
Disinterested
Earth Effect
Capital E when referring to the planet
See affect
Effectively
To do something well. Do not confuse with ‘in effect’
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