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Enclose vs. Inclose
Enclose
/ɪnˈkləʊz/Examples:
She chose to enclose the garden with a wooden fence.Please enclose your documents in the provided envelope.The mountains enclose the serene valley on all sides.
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Inclose
/ɪnˈkləʊz/Examples:
The garden was inclosed with a wrought iron fence.He chose to inclose the patio with glass panels.To ensure safety, they inclosed the construction site.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Inclose and enclose are archaic and modern forms of the same word, respectively.
- Remember that enclose is the preferred modern spelling in both British and American English.
- Both words relate to surrounding or enclosing something, like a fence or walls.
- In modern usage, particularly in writing, enclose is the word you will almost always see.
- The prefix en- typically indicates to put in or into, which helps in aligning it with modern conventions.
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