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Tag Archives: stationer
Is your stationery stationary, or is it out there being useful?
Is it stationary or stationery? Does it matter? Does anyone really notice? Well, yes: of course it does, and of course they do. Stationary (-ary) means not moving. Stationery (-ery) means writing paper and envelopes.
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Tagged confusion, misspelling, not moving, paper, porter, station, stationarius, stationary, stationer, stationery
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