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It might be unique to the OED, but they do have historical evidence to back up their case.
by Gelada 16y ago
It might be unique to the OED, but they do have historical evidence to back up their case.
- robin_reala 16y agoI understand etymology has to use history to present a case, but I don’t know a single BrE speaking person that’d write a current text with -ize endings. The OED aren’t prescribing current usage with their stance.
- Gelada 16y agoAs a BrE speaker, I do use "ise", but "ize" is not unknown, especially in science (I believe that the British published journal Nature has it as their house style). Recently I think it has been declining as it has been identified as "the american version".