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Monica Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
British and American spellings
"Zeros" and "Zeroes"
Which is american and which is british?
Which is american and which is british?
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uk ), which is a 100-million word database of samples of British English from a variety of sources. It is intended to reflect current British usage. 5 times more common than "zeroes".
- uk ), which is a 100-million word database of samples of British English from a variety of sources.
- It is intended to reflect current British usage.
- 5 times more common than "zeroes".
- I therefore conclude that "zeros" is the commonly-used British spelling.
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I did a search of the British National Corpus (http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk), which is a 100-million word database of samples of British English from a variety of sources. It is intended to reflect current British usage.
The "zeros" was 16.5 times more common than "zeroes". I therefore conclude that "zeros" is the
The "zeros" was 16.5 times more common than "zeroes". I therefore conclude that "zeros" is the
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