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Wright vs. Right
Wright
Examples:
The playwright won the prize for his debut play.Our neighborhood hired a skilled wheelwright recently.The shipwrights gathered to plan the boat's construction.
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Right
/raɪt/Examples:
I will see you righted.'You belong by rights to girls like Lizzie Connolly.'Reads all right.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Wright has a silent w and refers to a person who creates or constructs things, particularly skilled trades like playwright or shipwright.
- Right refers to something that is correct or acceptable, as well as a direction opposite of left.
- Remember the phrase write it right to remind you that right relates to correctness while wright relates to writing or crafting.
- The word wright is often encountered in contexts like trades or historical jobs, so if its related to creating, its probably wright.
- If you are talking about positions, directions, or acknowledgment of correctness, then its right'.
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