Sunday, October 4, 2015

manufacture/manufacturer: Common Errors in English Usage Entry for Sunday, October 4, 2015

manufacture/manufacturer
When your company makes stuff, it manufactures it; but the company itself is a manufacturer. Both in speech and writing the final R is often omitted from the latter word.



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