more here...

Even better:

'Although many subscribers had different mnemonic devices for determining which principal/principle to use in a sentence, the best mnemonics to use seem to be “main” for principal and “rule” for principle.'

http://www.wordinfo.info/newsletter-4.html#mnemonic%20devices

• Principle/principal Diagnosis? - Noodles
  • One company i work for says "principle"..my other company says "principal" sm - I hate these 2 words..
    • Here's my silly way of differentiating the two: sm - nm
  • This is a tester, please don't help! - sm
    • Working not testing - Noodles
      • Then why can't you look up a word like - that yourself??
    • Word help - Noodles
      • Read the TOS for the board - Milton's Red Stapler
        • MILTON MY DEAR - Yeah well ya know
          • yawn....nm - Milton's Red Stapler
            • Moving on.....nm - That's right..
        • For once, MRS, I agree with you. Any person sm - nm
        • Glad OP got some help... - MT-Been There
          • Exhausting all resources first is a learning - Milton's Red Stapler
            • Yeah, but I believe the OP did mention that research had been done...sm - MT-Been There
              • Yes, and when I use Google to research - Milton's Red Stapler
        • I just gotta say that I luv your moniker! (and that movie) - wish I'd thought of it first. :) (nm)
  • my national insists it is Principal....nm - Another opinion
    • That's too bad. Really is principle diagnosis. sm - Chloe
      • definitely incorrect and national is right....NM - well ALL the other posters say you are
      • I was going to say that principal can be used - agj
      • it's principal - agj
      • definitely incorrect and the national is right..nm - well ALL the other posters say you are
      • the principal = pal mnemonic is supposed to help - you remember that principal = first! (adj.) nm
        • more here... - sm
          • Principal/Principle - Rayoa
          • Principal/Principle - Rayoa
          • Now here is a answer with proper research! - Milton's Red Stapler
            • LOL. Thanks! And may your decimals all be - in the right places. (nm) Michael Bolton
              • OMG! Warn me not to be drinking that - Milton's Red Stapler
              • eh...that would be your "decimal points," of course. ;) - MB (nm)
      • Look it up. It is principal, not principle. sm - Winnie Ruth
        • onelook.com and the Merriam's dict. agree with you, too! :) nm - wandering
    • Thanks. - Noodles

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