Comments on: Talking Monetization http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=493 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 By: Peter Harvey http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=493&cpage=1#comment-159374 Peter Harvey Wed, 26 May 2010 17:09:27 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=493#comment-159374 That should be: A previous version of Word had -ise as GB and -ize as US ... Apologies. That should be:

A previous version of Word had -ise as GB and -ize as US …

Apologies.

]]> By: Peter Harvey http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=493&cpage=1#comment-159353 Peter Harvey Wed, 26 May 2010 13:33:37 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=493#comment-159353 It's not quite that simple. The -ize ending has always been used in British English, and is the house style of Oxford University Press. both forms are used side-by-side in Britain and are regarded as equally valid alternatives. A previous version of Word had -ise and GB and -ize as US, but that was wrong and has now been corrected. Word British English now accepts both forms. It’s not quite that simple. The -ize ending has always been used in British English, and is the house style of Oxford University Press. both forms are used side-by-side in Britain and are regarded as equally valid alternatives.

A previous version of Word had -ise and GB and -ize as US, but that was wrong and has now been corrected. Word British English now accepts both forms.

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