Wednesday, April 24, 2013

artic/arctic: Common Errors in English Usage Entry for Wednesday, April 24, 2013

artic/arctic
Although some brand names have incorporated this popular error, remember that the Arctic Circle is an arc. By the way, Ralph Vaughan Williams called his suite drawn from the score of the film Scott of the Antarctic the Sinfonia Antartica, but that’s Italian, not English.

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