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How to spell affair

What it means: A social event or gathering.

In a sentence: The school fair was a fun affair with games and prizes. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double f. Often misspelled as afair or affear.

Same family: relationship, romance, infidelity, betrayal, secret. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Affair comes from the Old French phrase “à faire,” meaning “to do” or “a thing to be done.” Over time, its meaning shifted in English from a general “matter or business” to include the sense of a secret romantic or sexual relationship.

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