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Post by Geoff on Jul 29, 2008 22:03:41 GMT
The horses are grateful. They're resting now, and the barge is tied up in the canal.
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Post by Alan Palmer on Jul 30, 2008 9:47:03 GMT
Not exactly. The US uses -ize consistently, but in the rest of the world it's a matter of choice or style. Most people use -ise, and most style guides prefer it, but Tone and The Oxford Guide to Style prefer -ize.
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Post by Dave M on Jul 30, 2008 9:56:53 GMT
Interesting meta-language, Alan: The US uses ~ize ... but most people use ~ise! One or two of THEM are people, too, y'now
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Post by Verbivore on Jul 30, 2008 10:10:28 GMT
The US uses -ize consistently, but in the rest of the world it's a matter of choice or style. Most people use -ise, and most style guides prefer it, but Tone and The Oxford Guide to Style prefer -ize. The Australian standard style is ~ise.
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Post by Alan Palmer on Jul 30, 2008 10:36:25 GMT
Interesting meta-language, Alan: The US uses ~ize ... but most people use ~ise! One or two of THEM are people, too, y'now Hmmm... "... in the rest of the world ... most people ..." That seems OK to me. It does show the dangers of selectively quoting, though.
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Post by Dave M on Jul 30, 2008 10:57:06 GMT
> "... in the rest of the world ... most people ..." That seems OK to me. <
And to me - but that's not what the original said!
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Post by Alan Palmer on Jul 30, 2008 11:03:21 GMT
I know. That's what I meant about selective quoting.
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Post by Tone on Jul 30, 2008 20:38:39 GMT
>the barge is tied up in the canal<
But won't it then drift away? (From the (PULL) of any vagrant current.)
The general idea is to tie it up to the bank (bollard or ground spike).
Tone
(And is not -ize original?)
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