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And while we are on the subject, Could all posters start there sentences with capital letters please.

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And while we are on the subject, Could all posters start there sentences with capital letters please.

I'd like to point out that in my original post, which has been perhaps taken out of context here, i did not mention the original poster specifically....so where was the berating/ belittling? Jeez, it was just a joke, just goes to show how miserable some people are....

Note that the thread has been split up, so that may, or may not, be true.

Out of interest, in Australia do you use the British or American version?

Might I suggest we also remember, as one poster said, that some people are dyslexic and therefore find it hard to write/type in the way that others of us consider second nature.

There are a great many people in the UK who use the American spelling of some words, such as authorized rather than the correct British spelling, authorised.

When used in an official capacity at work, it frustrates the hell out of me - and I tend to email the person responsible requesting an amendment to the document in question, however on a forum such as this, or on Facebook for instance, it makes little difference.

In that case, the "Maximise" option in any scrolly window's context menu should be changed to "Maximize". :)

So I guess it's an UK view with an US border.

Emm, according to my dictionary (OED dated 1960) -ize stems from Greek and -ise from French. Both are acceptable in English-English but -ize is preferable.

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Emm, according to my dictionary (OED dated 1960) -ize stems from Greek and -ise from French. Both are acceptable in English-English but -ize is preferable.

I've studied OED quite a lot. -ise/-ize endings is one of the two things where OED has always disagreed with all other dictionaries/style manuals etc. (the other historically being the serial or 'Oxford' comma, though their opinion on that is now in line with everyone else). OED indicates a preference for -ize endings, whereas every other British source I'm aware of prefers -ise.

OED indicates a preference for -ize endings, whereas every other British source I'm aware of prefers -ise.

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OED indicates a preference for -ize endings, whereas every other British source I'm aware of prefers -ise.

-ize was good enough for Shakespeare:

Then with the losers let it sympathize,
For nothing can seem foul to those that win.

-ize was good enough for Shakespeare