From the Cambridge Dictionary: programme (PLAN) UK , US program Show phonetics noun a plan of activities to be done or things to be achieved: The school offers an exciting and varied programme of social events. The rail system is to put

I am going to lock this thread. There were pages and pages of an old thread with people saying the same thing over and over. I know at least one person said that "stati" is wrong - people over-applying a rule they know about Latin to a

) An adjective is a part of speech that modifies a noun or a pronoun. -- OK ) The exam was adjourned since the the professor was ill. ) The government has adjudged that the country's economy is experiencing hard times so the tax rates will be

It is just convention. English spelling is not 100% consistent or regular. There have been many attempts at spelling reform, but none so far has gained any traction. There is no "academy" for English, as there can be for other languages.

I wrote above: Do you find the use of certain in sentences below correct? Would it have been correct if I have had used usage instead of use ? Yes, but I think use is more common in this context. This is what Webster's Dictionary says about

Is it true that in American English, the final vowel sound in CARRIED, VARIED, SOCIETIES and FAMILIES rhymes with that in FEET whilst in British, it rhymes with that in FIT? My examples above are verbs and nouns that end with an EE sound in their

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Grease might well be pronounced with an ess for the noun, but with a zed for the verb. Not in any context I've come across in England. The ess pronunciation every time. Oh, well. I suppose I mustn't be English after all. Can't be

Grease might well be pronounced with an ess for the noun, but with a zed for the verb. Not in any context I've come across in England. The ess pronunciation every time. Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk

I'm currently reading "Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason". This is written by an Ameriacn academic by ... with the word "gaol". 1) Can anyone with access to OED verify when "jail" started to supplant