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Month: November 2016

Posted on November 28, 2016September 29, 2020

-ise or -ize? Is -ize American? (1/3)

    In brief... The -ize spelling is exclusively US = MYTH For words with an -ise/-ize or -yse/-yze alternation, the -ize spelling is used in…

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Posted on November 15, 2016October 2, 2020

¡Y viva España! I’m off to sunny Spain. ¡Eviva España! What does it mean? Where is it from?

  Go on, admit it! Even if you loathe(d) this 1970s anthem, I bet you can a) at least hum (tararear), whistle (silbar), or even…

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Posted on November 5, 2016September 29, 2020

Predominately or predominantly? Don’t be pretentious: predominantly predominates.

Radio One in the United Kingdom, in England, which is listened to by predominately younger kids and teens… Transcript of spoken, ABC (American Broadcasting Corporation), 2015 Oh,…

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