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DIRECT SPEECH

considered acceptable forms.

My tastes are DIFFERENT FROM yours.

My tastes are DIFFERENT TO yours.

Conservative users would, however, much prefer the

preposition 'from' and this is widely used in formal

contexts.

'Different than' is acceptable in American English

but is not yet fully acceptable in British English.

difficult

(not differcult, not difficalt)

dilapidated

(not delapidated)

dilemma

This word is often used loosely to mean 'a problem'.

Strictly speaking it means a difficult choice between

two possibilities.

dinghy or dingy?

A DINGHY is a boat (plural - dinghies).

See PLURALS (iii).

DINGY means dull and drab.

dingo (singular) dingoes or dingos (plural)

dining or dinning?

dine + ing = dining (as in dining room)

din + ing = dinning (noise dinning in ears)

See ADDING ENDINGS (i) and (ii).

diphtheria

(not diptheria as it is often mispronounced)

diphthong

(not dipthong as it is often mispronounced)

direct speech

See INVERTED COMMAS.

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