Incorrect spelling, explanation: throughfare may seem like a more correct version of thoroughfare, as through may seem more appropriate considering the meaning, but this version, while not always considered strictly incorrect, is generally thought to be obsolete, and the use of thoroughfare is much preferred as it was the original one.
Correct spelling, explanation: thoroughfare is a word created by a conjunction of thorough (complete) and fare (track), which combines the meaning of both. It’s used in relatively official settings and in this case shortcuts such as throughfare which was later derived from these words are not that accepted.
Definition of thoroughfare:
1. A road, often the main road
Due to an accident, the main thoroughfare of the city was clogged, causing delays.
2. A passage to somewhere
This alley is closed to the public; there is no thoroughfare here.
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Well both are spelled the same?
no THROUGH FARE or no THROUGH fare
? which is correct?
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