Master confusing words with ease
Fair vs. Fare
Fair
/feə/Examples:
It's not fair to take his toy.She has fair skin and blue eyes.
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Fare
/feə/Examples:
How much is the bus fare to the city?Everyone paid their share of the taxi fare.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Fair often relates to things being unbiased or just, like a fair decision, whereas fare usually involves a cost or food, like bus fare or hawker fare.
- Remember that fair is frequently used to describe conditions or situations, and fare is typically associated with what you pay or eat during travel.
- A county fair is fun and enjoyable, but what you pay to get there is the fare.
- If you talk about fair treatment, you're concerned with justice, not fees.
- In fair weather, the skies are clear, but fare relates to what you might pay to travel under those skies.
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