Separate

Before I go any further, let me get one thing straight right now – there is only ONE way to spell separate, and that is …

SEPARATE.

Lesson 1: Kate G. of Sydney has a great way to remember how to spell this word:

Kate says, “Where’s the RAT??#! It’s in the middle!”

You spell this word sep-A-RAT-e

 

Lesson 2: Another easy way to remember how to spell separate is this:

There’s an A on each side of the R in “separate”.

Dan has emailed to say his teacher always reminded them there was A RAT in the middle of separate, and this great tip was also sent in by Kate [above].
Thanks Dan! (Oct 2000)

So there is only *one* way to spell separate … got it? Good :-)

Pssst!  Do you have any tips or tricks to help you remember how to spell tricky words?  If so, please let me know by filling in the Comments Form below.

 

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One Response to How do I use WHOSE?

  1. ApostropheQueen says:

    Hi Jackson,

    Nice to hear from you again!

    So now you know that ‘Whose who’ is wrong, and it should be ‘Who’s Who’.

    As for no question mark, it could easily be a statement OR a question, so a question mark isn’t compulsory.

    This is the correct statement from your three examples:

    3. “Who’s who on the Titanic’s List of Passengers…”

    Remember to say ALL the words including the missing bits, so it is actually:

    3. “Who -IS- who on the Titanic’s List of Passengers…”

    For more info, pop over to the WHOSE / WHO’S page >>

    Hope this helps,
    Cheers
    Teena

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