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shan't

This contraction for 'shall not' would at one time

have been punctuated with two apostrophes to

indicate where letters have been omitted (sha'n't).

Use just one apostrophe nowadays (shan't).

See CONTRACTIONS.

sheaf (singular) sheaves (plural)

See PLURALS (v).

shear or sheer?

SHEAR is a verb (a doing word) and means to cut

off.

SHEER is an adjective and means very thin (SHEER

material), almost perpendicular (a SHEER cliff) or

whole-hearted (SHEER delight).

sheikh

(also sheik, shaikh, shaykh - but these are less usual

spellings)

shelf (singular) shelves (plural)

See PLURALS (v).

sheriff

(not -rr-)

shining or shinning?

shine + ing = shining

shin + ing = shinning

See ADDING ENDINGS (i) and (ii).

shoe

These are the tricky tenses of the verb 'to shoe':

The blacksmith SHOES the horse.

He is SHOEING the horse now.

He SHOD the horse last week.

He has SHOD the horse regularly.

should or would?

'Should' and 'would' follow the pattern of 'shall' and

'will'.

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