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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Auxiliary spelling

Hello!

I have an issue with that word. Though I know, that auxiliary spells that way I very often encounter a spelling "auxilary" even in proof-read texts. Can you tell me the difference please? Is it an obsolete variant or just a mistake or maybe another word?
  

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Hi, I have an issue with that word. Though I know, that auxiliary spells that way I very often encounter a spelling "auxilary" even in proof-read texts. Can you tell me the difference please?

  • Hi, I have an issue with that word.
  • Though I know, that auxiliary spells that way I very often encounter a spelling "auxilary" even in proof-read texts.
  • Can you tell me the difference please?
  • Is it an obsolete variant or just a mistake or maybe another word?
  • It just seems like a spelling mistake to me.
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Hi,

I have an issue with that word. Though I know, that auxiliary spells that way I very often encounter a spelling "auxilary" even in proof-read texts. Can you tell me the difference please? Is it an obsolete variant or just a mistake or maybe another word?

It just seems like a spelling mistake to me.



The root of the word is the Latin adjective 'auxili
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