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quarrel
quarrelled, quarrelling
See
ADDING ENDINGS (iv).
quarrelsome
quarter
question
marks
A
question mark
is the
correct
end
stop
for a
question. Note that
it has its own
built-in
full
stop
and
doesn't
require another.
Has
anyone seen
my
glasses?
Note
that indirect questions
do not
require question

marks
because they have become statements
in the
process
and
need
full
stops.
He
asked
if
anyone
had
seen
his
glasses.
See
INDIRECT
SPEECH/REPORTED
SPEECH.
questionnaire
(not -n-)
questions
(direct
and
indirect)
See
QUESTION
MARKS.
See

INDIRECT
SPEECH/REPORTED
SPEECH.
queue
queued,
queuing
or
queueing
quiet
or
quite?
The
children
were
as
QUIET
as
mice,
(quiet
= two
syllables)
You
are
QUITE
right,
(quite
= one
syllable)
quotation
or

quote?
Use
these exemplar sentences
as a
guide:
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•II
QUOTATION
MARKS
Use
as
many
QUOTATIONS
as you
can.
Use
as
many quotes
as you
can. (quotation
= a
noun)
I
can
QUOTE
the
whole
poem,
(quote
= a

verb)
quotation
marks
See
INVERTED
COMMAS.
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radiator
(not
-er)
radically
radical
+
ly
radius
(singular) radii
or
radiuses (plural)
See
FOREIGN
PLURALS.
raise
or
rise?
Let
us
look
at
these
two

words
first as
verbs (doing
words):
My
landlord
has
decided
to
RAISE
the
rent.
He
RAISED
the
rent
a
year ago.
He
has
RAISED
the
rent three times
in
four
years.
My
expenses
RISE
all the

time.
They
ROSE
very steeply last year.
They have
RISEN
steadily this year.
Now let us
look
at
them
as
nouns
(a
raise,
a
rise):
You
should
ask
your employer
for a
RISE.
You
should
ask
your employer
for a
RAISE.
An

increase
in
salary
is
called
'a
rise'
in the UK and
'a
raise'
in
America.
raping
or
rapping?
rape
+ ing =
raping
rap + ing =
rapping
See
ADDING ENDINGS (i),
(ii).
rapt
or
wrapped?
RAPT
=
enraptured
(RAPT

in
thought)
WRAPPED
=
enclosed
in
paper
or
soft
material
raspberry
(not
rasberry)
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RATABLE/RATEABLE
ratable/rateable
Both
spellings
are
correct.
realise/realize
Both
spellings
are
correct.
really
real
+
ly

reason
reasonable
rebut
or
refute?
REBUT
= to
take
the
opposite
side
in an
argument
REFUTE
= to
prove
an
assertion
or
allegation
to be
wrong
reccomend
Wrong
spelling.
See
RECOMMEND.
receipt
See
EI/IE

SPELLING RULE.
receive
See
EI/IE SPELLING RULE.
recent
or
resent?
RECENT
=
happening
not
long
ago
RESENT
= to
feel
aggrieved
and be
indignant
recipe
recognise/recognize
Both
spellings
are
correct.
recommend
recover
or
re-cover?
Bear

in
mind
the
difference
in
meaning that
the
hyphen makes:
RECOVER
= get
better, regain possession
RE-COVER
= to
cover again
See
HYPHENS
(iv).
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RELIEF
rediculous
Wrong spelling.
See
RIDICULOUS.
refectory
(not refrectory)
refer
referred, referring, referee,
reference
See
ADDING ENDINGS

(iv).
referee
or
umpire?
REFEREE
=
football, boxing
UMPIRE
=
baseball, cricket, tennis
refrigerator
(abbreviation
=
fridge)
refute
See
REBUT
OR
REFUTE?
regal
or
royal?
REGAL
= fit for a
king
or
queen; resembling
the
behaviour
of a

king
or
queen
ROYAL
=
having
the
status
of a
king
or
queen,
or
being
a
member
of
their
family
regret
regretted, regretting, regrettable, regretful
See
ADDING ENDINGS
(iv).
regretfully
or
regrettably?
REGRETFULLY
=
with regret

REGRETTABLY
-
unfortunately
rehearsal
rehearse
relevant
(not revelant)
relief
See
EI/IE
SPELLING
RULE.
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REMEMBER
remember
(not
rember)
repellent
or
repulsive?
Both
words mean
'causing
disgust
or
aversion'.
REPULSIVE,
however,
is the
stronger

of the
two;
it
has the
sense
of
causing
'intense
disgust',
even
horror
in
some circumstances.
REPELLENT
can
also
be
used
in the
sense
of
being
able
to
repel
particular pests
(a
mosquito repellent)
and in the
sense

of
being impervious
to
certain
substances
(water-repellent).
repetition
(not
-pit-)
repetitious
or
repetitive?
Both
words
are
derived
from
'repetition'.
Use
REPETITIOUS
when
you
want
to
criticise
something
spoken
or
written
for

containing tedious
and
excessive repetition.
'Repetitious'
is a
derogatory
term.
Use
REPETITIVE
when
you
want
to
make
the
point
that
speech, writing
or an
activity involves
a
certain
amount
of
repetition (e.g. work
on an
assembly line
in a
factory).
'Repetitive'

is a
neutral
word.
reported speech
See
INDIRECT
SPEECH/REPORTED
SPEECH.
representative
repulsive
See
REPELLENT
OR
REPULSIVE?.
resent
See
RECENT
OR
RESENT?.
reservoir
From
'reserve',
(not
resevoir)
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