Words at Play : Top 10 Commonly Confused Words, Vol. 1

#10: Principal/Principle

Question:

Is the person in charge of a school the principal or the principle?

Answer:

principal

How to remember it:

A couple of mnemonics based on letters are useful here: the principal is your pal. Principle, like rule, ends in "l-e."

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