TRAIL VERSUS TRIAL
TRIAL: A formal examination; A Test to Try people or things.
We can remember its meaning by thinking :-
TRIAL ==> TRI + AL ==> TRY+ALL (EXPERIMENT)
A comes After I.
TRAIL: A mark or objects left behind by the passage of someone or something; Travel, eg tire Track marks. Here the A comes before I.
We can remember its meaning by thinking :-
TRAIL ==> TRA + IL ==> TRAVEL
Arup Ghosh, BSC, BASM (IBAM)
Silva Graduate, Laredo TX
Senior Quality Analyst Medical Transcription
