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Tag: American Spelling

Posted on July 7, 2020October 2, 2020

Anymore or any more? Does anybody write anymore any more any more?

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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Posted on January 13, 2017September 29, 2020

-ise or -ize? (3/3) In praise of monetize, diarize, etc.

-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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Posted on December 13, 2016September 29, 2020

-ise or -ize? Is -ize American? (2/3) Damn your -ize, Morse!

Summary Inspector Morse was a snob and a pedant -- but you probably knew that already. The -ize spelling is exclusively US = MYTH. The…

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