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Confusables Entry 1019 / 1350 60-second read

Cue vs. Queue

A signal versus a line of waiting people.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

Tourists formed a long cue outside the museum.

✓ Correct

Tourists formed a long queue outside the museum.

The ruleii

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.

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