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terminus singular termini or terminuses plural See FOREIGN PLURALS.. thesis singular theses plural See FOREIGN PLURALS.. thief singular thieves plural See PLURALS v.. tolerant not toller

See SEQUENCE OF TENSES.

See entries for individual verbs

terminus (singular) termini or terminuses (plural) See FOREIGN PLURALS.

terrible

(not -able)

testimonial or testimony?

TESTIMONIAL = formal statement in the

form of an open letter bearing witness to someone's character, qualifications and relevant experience

TESTIMONY = formal written or spoken statement

of evidence, especially in a court of law

thank you or thank-you?

(never thankyou!)

I should like to THANK YOU very much for your

help

THANK YOU for your help.

I have written all my THANK-YOU letters.

You will see that 'thank you' is NEVER written as one word It is hyphenated only when used as a compound adjective describing 'letter' or another noun

Those who care about such things can never bring themselves to buy otherwise attractive thank-you cards that have THANKYOU or THANK-YOU printed on them!

their, there or they're?

Use these exemplar sentences as a guide:

They have sold THEIR house.

He is waiting for you over THERE.

THERE is no point in lying to me.

THEY'RE going to Krakow for Christmas (= they

are)

(no apostrophe)

This is my dog; THEIRS has a white patch on his

forehead

theirselves

Incorrect formation See THEMSELVES

themselves

They blame THEMSELVES for the crash.

They THEMSELVES were there.

there

See THEIR, THERE OR THEY'RE?.

there is/there are

See SINGULAR OR PLURAL? (iii).

thesis (singular) theses (plural)

See FOREIGN PLURALS.

they're

See THEIR, THERE OR THEY'RE?.

thief (singular) thieves (plural)

See PLURALS (v)

thorough

thoroughly

thorough + ly

threshold

(not -hh-)

tingeing

See SOFT c AND SOFT G

tiny

(not -ey)

tired

(not I am tiered)

I feel very TIRED today.

titbit

(not tidbit)

titles

When punctuating the title of a book, film, poem, song, etc., take care to begin the first word and all subsequent key words with a capital letter

Have you read 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee?

Titles can be italicised (in print and word-processing)

or underlined or enclosed in inverted commas (single

or double)

The film Schindler's List is based on the book by Thomas Keneally called Schindler's Ark.

I'm so pleased that Diary of a Nobody is being serialised

Have you seen the new production of 'Macbeth' at the Barbican?

to, too or two?

You should give this TO the police

Do you know how TO swim?

(part of infinitive = to swim)

I was TOO embarrassed to say anything.

(= excessively)

Can we come TOO? (= also)

They have TWO houses, one in London and one in

France

tolerant

(not tollerant or tolerent)

tomato (singular) tomatoes (plural)

(an exception to rule)

See PLURALS (iv).

(not tommorrow)

tonsillitis

tornado (singular) tornadoes or tornados (plural)

See PLURALS (iv)

torpedo (singular) torpedoes (plural)

(an exception to rule)

See PLURALS (iv).

tortuous or torturous?

TORTUOUS = full of twists and turns, complex,

convoluted

TORTUROUS = painful, agonising, excruciating total

totally

total + ly

toupee

(not toupee)

traffic

trafficked, trafficking, trafficker

See SOFT c AND SOFT G

tragedy

(not tradgedy)

tragic

(not tradgic)

transfer

transferred, transferring, transference

See ADDING ENDINGS (iv).

transpire

Strictly speaking, this verb has two meanings:

to give off moisture (of plant or leaf)

to come slowly to be known, to leak out (of

It is often used loosely in the sense of 'to happen' Why not use 'to happen' instead of this rather pompous word?

travel

travelled, travelling, traveller

See ADDING ENDINGS (iv).

trivia

This is a plural noun and should be matched with a plural verb

Such TRIVIA are to be condemned.

troop or troupe?

TROOP refers to the armed forces or to groups of

people or particular animals:

a TROOP of scouts

a TROOP of children

a TROOP of monkeys

TROUPE refers to a group of touring actors,

dancers, musicians or other entertainers

trooper or trouper?

TROOPER = cavalry soldier or member of an

armoured unit

He swears like a TROOPER at nine years old TROUPER = a touring entertainer

Jack Densley is a grand old TROUPER.

truly

(not truely, an exception to the -y rule)

See ADDING ENDINGS (ii).

try

tried, trying

See ADDING ENDINGS (iii).

tumulus (singular) tumuli (plural)

See FOREIGN PLURALS.

turf (singular) turfs or turves (plural)

See PLURALS (v)

twelfth

(not twelth, as it is often mispronounced)

twentieth

See ADDING ENDINGS (iii).

twenty

typical

typically

typical + ly