DOESN’T
Avoid this use in formal contexts, however, for it is widely perceived as being incorrect. disiple
Wrong spelling. See
disk
See
displace or misplace?
To displace is to move someone or something from its usual place:
DISCIPLE.
DISC OR DISK?.
A DISPLACED hip; a DISPLACED person. To misplace something is to put it in the wrong place (and possibly forget where it is): A MISPLACED apostrophe; MISPLACED kindness. dissappear
Wrong spelling. See
DISAPPEAR.
dissappoint
Wrong spelling. See
DISAPPOINT.
dissapprove
Wrong spelling. See
DISAPPROVE.
dissatisfied
(dis + satisfied)
dissociate
See
distroy
Wrong spelling. See
divers or diverse
The first is rarely used nowadays except jokingly or in mistake for the second. DIVERS means ‘several’, ‘of varying types’: DIVERS reference books. DIVERSE means ‘very different’: DIVERSE opinions, DIVERSE interests.
does or dose?
DOES he take sugar? He DOES. (pronounced ‘duz’). Take a DOSE of cough mixture every three hours.
doesn’t
(not does’nt) See CONTRACTIONS.
DISASSOCIATE OR DISSOCIATE?. DESTROY.
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