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    With words ending in -ised and -ized, is one spelling conventionally British and one American?

    Question #40719. Asked by Linus_337. (Nov 03 03 4:02 PM)


    RickF

    		There is a 'rule', though it is largely ignored.
    The correct usage, as opposed to English/American practice, is that any verb, noun or whatever deriving ultimately from Greek should have 'ize' (suffix -izo = to make, -izein = to use). There are 500-600 verbs of this type.
    On the other hand, there are about 20 (such as suprise, advise, despise) which derive from Latin.

    Nov 04 03, 1:31 AM

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