Showing posts with label stationer's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stationer's. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

stationary, stationery

Stationary or stationary means standing still or not moving--
People once thought the Earth was stationary.
Is the object in motion or stationary?

Stationery or stationery means writing paper for writing letters--
They gave her a box of pretty stationery for a going-away present, so she'd remember to write.
The paper-goods store has some nice stationery.
When they got married, they ordered monogrammed stationery.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"There is a large stationary sign outside the stationery store."

Note--a "stationer" sells stationery.
A stationer's is a business that sells stationery.