Monday, August 17, 2015

pedal/peddle: Common Errors in English Usage Entry for Monday, August 17, 2015

pedal/peddle 
If you are delivering newspapers from a bike you can pedal it around the neighborhood (perhaps wearing “pedal-pushers”), but when you sell them from a newsstand you peddle them.

 
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