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How to spell carry

hear itcar·ry/'kæri/verbRules and real life

What it means: To hold and take something from one place to another.

In a sentence: Can you help me carry this big teddy bear?

The part people get wrong

Watch for double r. Often misspelled as cary or carrye.

Same family: carries, carried, carrying, carrier, transport. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Carry comes from Old Northern French 'carier', meaning 'to transport in a vehicle', related to 'car'. Over time, its meaning expanded so we can now talk about wires carrying electricity or websites carrying news, not just people carrying objects.

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