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GOURMAND
OR
GOURMET?
ghastly
(not gastly)
gipsy/gypsy
Both
spellings
are
correct,
gipsies
or
gypsies (plural)
See
PLURALS
(iii).
glamorous
glamour
good
will
or
goodwill?
Always
write
as one
word
when referring
to the
prestige
and
trading value

of a
business.
He
bought
the
GOODWILL
for five
thousand
pounds.
Use
either
two
words
or one
word
when referring
to
general feelings
of
kindness
and
support.
As
a
gesture
of
GOOD
WILL,
she
cancelled

the fine.
gorgeous
(not
-gous)
See
SOFT
c
AND
SOFT
G.
gorilla
or
guerilla?
A
GORILLA
is an
animal.
A
GUERILLA
is a
revolutionary
fighter.
gossip
gossiped, gossiping (not -pp)
See
ADDING ENDINGS (iv).
gourmand
or
gourmet?
A

GOURMAND
is
greedy
and
over-indulges where
fine
food
is
concerned.
A
GOURMET
is a
connoisseur
of fine
food.
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(not -our-)
GOVERNMENT
government
(not
goverment
as it is
often
mispronounced)
governor
(not -er)
gradual
gradually
gradual
+

ly
(not
gradully)
graffiti
This
is
increasingly used
in a
general sense (like
the
word
'writing')
and its
plural force
is
forgotten when
it
comes
to
matching
it
with
a
verb:
There
was
GRAFFITI
all
over
the

wall.
A
few
conservative writers would like
a
plural verb.
(There
were
GRAFFITI
all
over
the
wall.)
graffito (singular)
graffiti
(plural)
See
FOREIGN PLURALS.
grammar
(not
-er)
gramophone
(not
grama-)
grandad/granddad
Both
spellings
are
correct.
grandchild

granddaughter
grandfather
grandma
grandmother
grandparent
grandson
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GUTTURAL
grate
or
great?
Use
these exemplar sentences
as a
guide:
The fire was
burning brightly
in the
GRATE.
GRATE
the
potato coarsely.
Christopher Wren
was a
GREAT
architect.
grateful
(not greatful)
grief
(not

-ei-)
grievance
(not
-ence)
grievous
(not
-ious)
grotto
(singular)
grottoes
or
grottos (plural)
guage
Wrong spelling.
See
GAUGE.
guarantee
guardian
guess
guest
guttural
(not
-er-)
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hadn't
haemorrhage
(not
-rh-)
half
(singular) halves (plural)

See
PLURALS
(v).
halo
(singular) haloes
or
halos
(plural)
See
PLURALS
(iv).
handkerchief
(singular) handkerchiefs (plural)
(not -nk-)
See
PLURALS
(v).
hanged
or
hung?
People
are
HANGED.
Things
like clothes
and
pictures
are
HUNG.
happen

happened, happening
(not
-nn-)
harass
(not
-rr-)
hardly
See
DOUBLE NEGATIVES.
hasn't
(not
has'nt)
haven't
(not
have'nt)
headquarters
(not
headquaters)
hear
or
here?
You
HEAR
with your
ear.
Use
HERE
to
indicate place:
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d
(not had'nt)
(not -rh-)
HIEROGLYPHICS
Come
over
HERE.
heard
or
herd?
We
HEARD
their voices outside.
We
photographed
the
HERD
of
deer.
heifer
See
EI/IE
SPELLING
RULE.
height
See
EI/IE
SPELLING
RULE.
heinous

See
EI/IE
SPELLING
RULE.
herd
See
HEARD
OR
HERD?.
here
See
HEAR
OR
HERE?.
hero
(singular) heroes (plural)
See
PLURALS
(iv).
heroin
or
heroine?
HEROIN
is a
drug
A
HEROINE
is a
female hero.
hers

No
apostrophe
is
needed.
This
is
mine; this
is
HERS.
HERS
has a
yellow handle.
hiccough
or
hiccup?
Both
words
are
pronounced
'hiccup'
and
either
spelling
can be
used.
The
second spelling (hiccup)
is
more usual.
hiccup

hiccuped,
hiccuping
(not -pp-)
hieroglyphics
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HIGH-TECH
OR
HI-TEC?
high-tech
or
hi-tec?
Both
spellings
are
correct
for the
adjective derived
from
high technology:
A
HI-TEC
factory
A
HIGH-TECH
computer system
Without
the
hyphen, each word
can be
used

as a
noun replacing
'high
technology':
A
generation
familiar
with
HIGH
TECH
The
latest development
in HI TEC
hindrance
(not
hinderance)
hippopotamus
(singular) hippopotami
or
hippopotamuses (plural)
See
FOREIGN
PLURALS.
historic
or
historical?
HISTORIC
means famous
in
history, memorable,

or
likely
to go
down
in
recorded history:
a
HISTORIC
meeting
HISTORICAL
means existing
in the
past
or
representing something that could have happened
in
the
past:
a
HISTORICAL
novel
a
HISTORICAL
fact
Note
It
would
not be
wrong
to say or

write
an
historic meeting,
an
historical novel,
an
historical
fact.
However, this usage
of an
before words like
hotel, historic
and
historical
is
becoming much less
common,
now
that
the h
beginning these words
is
usually
voiced.
hoard
or
horde?
To
HOARD
is to

save something
in a
secret place.
A
HOARD
is a
secret store.
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