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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…
Continue reading → -ise or -ize? (3/3) In praise of monetize, diarize, etc.
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!
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…