Anna
21-11-07, 10:29 AM
1. Don't confuse "principal" and "principle".
"Principal", as an adjective, means "main" or "most important".
"Principle" is a noun which means “moral rule" e.g. "she has very strong principles". "Principle" can never be used as an adjective.
Therefore the correct spelling of "principal budget factor" is "-al" NOT "-le"!
2. "Separate" has two "a"s (one way to remember this is the phrase "sePARAte from your PARAchute").
3. "a dependant" (noun) is a person who depends on another person for support e.g. "your children are your dependants".
"dependent" is an adjective e.g. "she was dependent on him", "profits are dependent on costs".
4. "dispose of" has 1 f, e.g. "she disposed of the asset".
5. "affect" is a verb meaning "produce an effect on" / "influence" e.g. "the selling price affects the number of products sold".
However, "effect" is most commonly used as a noun meaning "a result" e.g. "the effect of increasing the selling price was to decrease the number of products sold".
"Principal", as an adjective, means "main" or "most important".
"Principle" is a noun which means “moral rule" e.g. "she has very strong principles". "Principle" can never be used as an adjective.
Therefore the correct spelling of "principal budget factor" is "-al" NOT "-le"!
2. "Separate" has two "a"s (one way to remember this is the phrase "sePARAte from your PARAchute").
3. "a dependant" (noun) is a person who depends on another person for support e.g. "your children are your dependants".
"dependent" is an adjective e.g. "she was dependent on him", "profits are dependent on costs".
4. "dispose of" has 1 f, e.g. "she disposed of the asset".
5. "affect" is a verb meaning "produce an effect on" / "influence" e.g. "the selling price affects the number of products sold".
However, "effect" is most commonly used as a noun meaning "a result" e.g. "the effect of increasing the selling price was to decrease the number of products sold".