WHOLE
Divide
into
two
sentences:
He
is a
writer.
I
have admired
him for
years.
He
is a
writer
WHOM
I
have admired
for
years.
whole
See
HOLE
OR
WHOLE?.
wholly
(exception
to the
magic
e-
rule)

There's
the
girl
WHOSE
cat was
killed.
wierd
Wrong spelling.
See
WEIRD.
wife
(singular) wives (plural)
See
PLURALS (v).
wilful
(not willful)
will
See
SHALL
OR
WILL?.
wining
or
winning?
wine
+ ing =
wining
win + ing =
winning
See

WONDER?.
won't
See
CONTRACTIONS.
woollen
(not
woolen)
worship
worshipped, worshipping, worshipper
(exception
to
2-1-1
rule)
See
ADDING
ENDINGS
(iv).
would
See
SHOULD
OR
WOULD?.
wouldn't
Take
care
to
place
the
apostrophe correctly.
would

cigarette
smoke,
(verb,
rhymes
with
'seethed')
write
Use
these sentences
as a
guide
to
tenses:
I
WRITE
to her
every
day.
215
WRITER
I
AM
WRITING
a
letter now.
I
WROTE
yesterday.
I
have

(iii).
See
PLURALS
(iii).
yacht
yield
See
EI/IE
SPELLING
RULE.
yoghurt/youghourt/yougurt
All
these spellings
are
correct.
yoke
or
yolk?
Use
these exemplar sentences
as a
guide:
The
YOKE
of the
christening gown
was
beautifully
embroidered.
The

are)
yours
This
is
YOURS.
No
apostrophe needed!
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Y
zealot
zealous
zealously
Zimmer
frame
zloty
(singular) zloties
or
zlotys (plural)
See
PLURALS
(iii).
zoological
zoology
218
Z
APPENDIX
A
Literary terms
Here
are a few of the

epigram
a
short pithy saying
Truth
is
never pure,
and
rarely simple. (Oscar
Wilde)
euphemism
an
indirect
way of
referring
to
distressing
or
unpalatable
facts
I've lost both
my
parents.
(=
they've died)
She's
rather
light-fingered.
(=
she's
a

'Hamlet')
irony
saying
one
thing while clearly meaning
the
opposite
For
Brutus
is an
honourable man. (Shakespeare:
'Julius
Caesar')
litotes
understatement
He
was not
exactly
polite.
(=
very rude)
I
am a
citizen
of no
mean
city.
(-
St
Paul