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Boundary or Boundry
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The boundry between two buildings appears to be spelled without the letter "a"
With the cricket boundary however the "a" seems to appear.
Are these not the same word ?
Is this an either or situation ?
Can any one enlighten me please ?
With the cricket boundary however the "a" seems to appear.
Are these not the same word ?
Is this an either or situation ?
Can any one enlighten me please ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I think that you have found a spelling mistake. The English word 'Boundary' is always spelled with an 'a'.
http://www.wordnik.com/words/boundry
http://www.wordnik.com/words/boundry
If there were a word, boundry - which there isn't, as indicated above - it would presumably have been constructed on the same sort of basis as banditry. That means the activities of a bandit, so I imagine boundry might have referred to the activities of a bounder or maybe even jumper. If so, there will be loads of it going on in the Olympic stadium in a few weeks with high-boundry, long-boundry, pole-boundry and so on.
(Sorry, Madiba, I'm just having a bit of linguistic fun and am not getting at YOU!)
(Sorry, Madiba, I'm just having a bit of linguistic fun and am not getting at YOU!)