Making words work better
While Annie Lennox was keening ‘Don't ask me why’ and lamenting lost or unachievable love, the question in my mind (and perhaps in a few…
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-ize verbs are 'like lavatory fittings, useful in their proper place but not to be multiplied beyond what is necessary for practical purposes.’ Some people…
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Summary Inspector Morse was a snob and a pedant -- but you probably knew that already. The -ize spelling is exclusively US = MYTH. The…
Continue reading → -ise or -ize? Is -ize American? (2/3) Damn your -ize, Morse!
Jeremy Butterfield Editorial 