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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
Are you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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The thing is, you aren't quite right.
The OED favours Z over S repeatedly, to this day. Thus even in the UK there's no overall consensus even now.
( , Tue 8 May 2012, 10:00, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
The OED favours Z over S repeatedly, to this day. Thus even in the UK there's no overall consensus even now.
( , Tue 8 May 2012, 10:00, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
The current stance is that both are acceptable, apart from some specific exceptions:
oxforddictionaries.com/words/ize-ise-or-yse
( , Tue 8 May 2012, 10:07, Reply)
oxforddictionaries.com/words/ize-ise-or-yse
( , Tue 8 May 2012, 10:07, Reply)
Now that I did not realise
Presumably, the ize ending is now archaic at least, I certainly was always taught to use ise when at school.
( , Tue 8 May 2012, 10:09, Reply)
Presumably, the ize ending is now archaic at least, I certainly was always taught to use ise when at school.
( , Tue 8 May 2012, 10:09, Reply)
There used to be an explanation of this on the OED website
Something to do with the Greek origins of particular words. It concluded that -ize was technically correct.
( , Tue 8 May 2012, 10:04, Reply)
Something to do with the Greek origins of particular words. It concluded that -ize was technically correct.
( , Tue 8 May 2012, 10:04, Reply)
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