-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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“A while” or “awhile”; “for a while” or “for awhile”?
“See you later, alligator” – “In awhile, crocodile” This catchphrase of the 1950s greatly amused my brother and me when very young. Saying goodbye, you…
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dryly or drily, slyly or slily? A spelling conundrum
What’s the issue? The other day I was writing this sentence: “The exotically handsome man in the corner lowered his Arabic newspaper and smiled shyly…
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