Telegraph style book: Ff
Facebook: Is the social media platform, Meta is the company
face coverings or masks: Not 'face masks'
Fairtrade
Faithfull, Marianne
Farah, Sir Mo
Faroes
far-Right: Only to be used with neo-Nazi groups such as the National Front and BNP, and not populist parties.The far Right (noun) without a hyphen; but adjective takes a hyphen, so far-Right activist, far-Right party etc
farther: Used with distances; further: Means additional
father of six: Not father-of-six
Father Christmas: Preferred to Santa
fatwa
Fayed, Mohamed: not Al-Fayed.
fazed (to be disorientated or disconcerted) and phased (introduced in stages) have different meanings
fed up: We should soon become fed up with the ignorant usage 'fed up of'
feelgood factor
femmes fatales: Note both noun and adjective are pluralised
feng shui
fettuccine
fewer: Fewer for countable things; less for uncountable
filmic: An American adjective that has no place in the English language so long as cinematic exists
Finnigan, Judy
firefighter
first past the post
flammable: Not inflammable. The negative is non-flammable. Speeches remain inflammatory
flaunt: Means display ostentatiously. NB celebrities do not flaunt their bodies; flout: Means treat with contempt
flier: Someone who flies
floccinaucinihilipilification: often cited as the longest non-technical word in major English dictionaries
flyer: A small handbill advertising an event or product
flypast
focused/focusing: One S not two
foetus: Not fetus
Fogg: Phileas: Not Phineas
formulas: Not formulae
foxhunting: Is one word
4x4: For the vehicle
Fourth of June: Happens at Eton, usually at the end of May
Fourth Plinth: Capped up
Francis of Assisi: St Francis was a monk, not a priest
freedom of information laws / request: no caps. But Freedom of Information Act
front line: As nouns always two words (adj. Front-line forces, Front-line combat etc.)
front-runner
fulfils: one L
fullness: Preferred to fulness
full-time
fulsome: Means cloying or excessive, not copious, and is nearly always pejorative
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