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|''acknowledgment'', without the middle ''e'', is preferred in U.S. and Canadian English, while ''acknowledgement ''is preferred outside North America. | |''acknowledgment'', without the middle ''e'', is preferred in U.S. and Canadian English, while ''acknowledgement ''is preferred outside North America. | ||
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| Adviser/advisor | |||
|In the U.S. and Canada, advisor is commonly used in official job titles, but adviser is still generally preferred over advisor in North America, and advisor is only marginally more common in American and Canadian English than in other varieties of English. | |In the U.S. and Canada, advisor is commonly used in official job titles, but adviser is still generally preferred over advisor in North America, and advisor is only marginally more common in American and Canadian English than in other varieties of English. | ||
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| Aesthetic/esthetic | |||
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| Among/amongst | |||
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| Archaeology/archeology | |||
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| Donut/doughnut | |||
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| Whiskey/whisky | |||
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Revision as of 14:15, 28 December 2019
Did you know that in English some words can be written in several different ways (they have different spellings).
Here is a list of the main words:
| English words | Comment | |
| Acknowledgment/acknowledgement | acknowledgment, without the middle e, is preferred in U.S. and Canadian English, while acknowledgement is preferred outside North America. | |
| Adviser/advisor | In the U.S. and Canada, advisor is commonly used in official job titles, but adviser is still generally preferred over advisor in North America, and advisor is only marginally more common in American and Canadian English than in other varieties of English. | |
| Aesthetic/esthetic | ||
| Among/amongst | ||
| Analog/analogue | ||
| Archaeology/archeology | ||
| Ax/axe | ||
| Barbecue/Barbeque | ||
| Collectable/collectible | ||
| Disc/disk | ||
| Donut/doughnut | ||
| Enquire/inquire | ||
| Flier/flyer | ||
| Gray/grey | ||
| Nite/night | ||
| Theater/theatre | ||
| Toward/towards | ||
| Whiskey/whisky |