Spelling Grammar Words Language

We started a discussion in the comments on certain word usages…. Villages, Reginald Hill, and Pictures of Perfection Reginald Hill a great one for using obscure words, and I had mentioned ‘wrack’ and ‘desert’ used in a specific and unusual way. Everyone had a lot to say. One of the matters I mentioned was that when I was writing for a US magazine, I used the word spelt - as in 'he spelt it…