Stationary and Stationery
Stationary and Stationery
Both stationary and
stationery sound almost identical but they have different meanings.
Stationary
The word stationary means
‘securely placed/fastened/ set/ fixed in one place and not moving’.
Stationary
as Adjective
1) They
had to wait in stationary position for auditorium to open.
2) The
car collided with the stationary truck.
Stationary
as Adverb
1) They
had to wait stationary for auditorium to open.
2) The
car remained stationary with the engine running.
Stationery
The word stationery (with
an e) means writing and other office supplies (e.g., pens, pencils, envelops,
papers etc.)
Stationery
as Adjective
1) Who
took out pen from my stationery cupboard.
2) This
year out stationery budget is 20% more than the previous year.
Stationery
as Noun
1) I
asked the office boy to purchase the stationery.
2) There
is a discount of 50% on all office stationery in the new store.
Exercise
Rewrite
these sentences with the correct version (stationary/stationery):
1)
I bought new stationary / stationery for the thank-you note.
I
bought new stationery for the thank-you note.
2)
On highway, a car crashed with a stationary / stationery truck.
On
highway, a car crashed with a stationary truck.
3)
The economics of a stationary / stationery or declining population
need to be more painful than those of an expanding one.
The
economics of a stationary or declining population need to be more painful than
those of an expanding one.
4)
The office stationary / stationery cupboard is like a sweet shop.
The
office stationery cupboard is like a sweet shop.
5)
Militants asked the hostages to remain stationary / stationery.
Militants
asked the hostages to remain stationary.
6)
They can claim for office stationary / stationery, travel cost and accommodation.
They
can claim for office stationery, travel cost and accommodation.
7)
Greeting cards are sold by all stationary / stationery shops in
this area.
Greeting
cards are sold by all stationery shops in this area.
8)
Polaris, the North Star appears stationary / stationery in the sky
because it is positioned close to the line of Earth’s axis projected into
space.
Polaris,
the North Star appears stationary in the sky because it is positioned close to
the line of Earth’s axis projected into space.
9)
He has a successful carrier as a printer of letterhead stationary /
stationery.
He
has a successful carrier as a printer of letterhead stationery.
10)
Corporation failed to supply stationary / stationery to 200
students within given timeline.
Corporation
failed to supply stationery to 200 students within given timeline.
11)
Doctor encourages her to move the treadmill or stationary /
stationery cycle in front of the television.
12) Doctor
encourages her to move the treadmill or stationary cycle in front of the
television.
13)
Our group has less money available to spend on essential materials
such as books and stationary / stationery.
14) Our
group has less money available to spend on essential materials such as books and
stationery.
15)
Alongside the moving tram queues are stationary / stationery
traffic queues.
16) Alongside
the moving tram queues are stationary traffic queues.
17)
The whole place was stationary / stationery with nothing moving at
all.
18) The
whole place was stationary with nothing moving at all.
19)
There is a reception area, ten managers’ cabins, fifty cubicles, a stationary
/ stationery room and a pantry on this floor.
20) There
is a reception area, ten managers’ cabins, fifty cubicles, a stationery room
and a pantry on this floor.
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