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How to spell carried
What it means: To move something from one place to another.
In a sentence: The bird carried a small twig to build its nest.
The part people get wrong
Watch for double r, and the order of ie. Often misspelled as caried or carryed.
Same family: carrying, carrier, carry, carriage. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: Carried comes from the verb carry, which likely comes from Old Northern French 'carier', meaning to transport in a vehicle. It is related to the word 'car', which originally meant a kind of wagon or cart.
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