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To ‘dispatch’ or to ‘despatch’?

November 3, 2023October 3, 2014 by macquarie

To dispatch or to despatch – that was the question from a dictionary user who had been taught at school that despatch was correct and dispatch was incorrect. Read more…

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November 3, 2023April 24, 2014 by macquarie
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