“Tourists formed a long cue outside the museum.”
Confusables Entry 1019 / 1350 60-second read
Cue vs. Queue
A signal versus a line of waiting people.
The comparisoni
“Tourists formed a long queue outside the museum.”
The ruleii
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CUE = signal. QUEUE = line.
CUE is a signal (actor's cue, billiard cue). QUEUE is a line — and in computing, an ordered list. Four silent letters; pronounced the same.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Queue has a line of four silent letters — like a queue of people.