Some time
Two words, but sometimes is one word
Storey
Of a building eg three storey Stationary: immobile Stationery: pens, paper, etc Tip: Remember, e for envelopes
Stationary, stationery
Sublet Suing Swap
No hyphen Note spelling
Not swop
Target, targeting, targeted
Note spelling
Tax
VAT always written in caps, but not written out in full; income tax is lower case
Telephone Television
Instead of phone
Can abbreviate to TV Not terraced house
Terrace house
That
Is often superfluous and can be omitted
There, their, they’re
There – as in “There are three flats” or “It is better over there” Their means belonging to them, such as “Their coats” They’re – a contraction of “they are” Take care. Newspapers have been forced to pay substantial damages to the trade name owner following inappropriate use. Only use trade names when you are certain the product was involved and always use initial capital letter. Examples of common trade names and
Trade names
acceptable alternatives are: Sellotape – use sticky tape
Outward Bound – use outdoor centre Portacabin – use portable building Biro – ball-point pen Hoover – use vacuum cleaner
Try to T-shirt
Not try and do something
Hyphenated and with initial capital T
Underspend
One word
Unique
It’s the one and only – never qualified as ‘almost’ or ‘very’ unique
Uniform
Use workwear instead
union flag Up to date
Not Union jack, which describes the flag pole. No capitals No hyphens as in ‘the files are up to date’, but hyphens in the adjective ‘up -to- date methods’
Use
Not utilize One word
Wellbeing Well-known
Don’t describe someone as “well - known” in an article. If you need to say it, they’re not; if they are, you don’t need to say It
Wheelie bins
Note spelling
While
Not whilst
Who/whom
Use ‘who’ when he, she or they would fit; whom if him, her or them would fit
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