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TinyPixie Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Program or programme

Hi! Can somebody please tell me what is the difference between these two?
I need a word that would fit the bellow sentence:

He underwent a rehabilitation progtam/programme?

Thank you!
  

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okay, program is the US spelling, right?

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okay, program is the US spelling, right?
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Usage notes

  • Usage of program and programme:

    • US: program is the only spelling normally used. programme is occasionally used for sense 2, in an effort to appear exotic.
    • UK: programme is used in all cases except for computer code, in which case program is generally used. Older sources ma
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From the Cambridge Dictionary:


programme (PLAN) UK, US program Show phonetics
noun [C]
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 twenty million pounds into its modernisation programme.
I'm running three mornings a week - it's all part of my fitness progr

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In England the coorect word to use would be programme. Program is used only in the context of computer software.
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Hello,

It is convessing, and now more than ever, with TV Programme - Computer programme - Theatre Program - and the like the drug rehab, I am not sure which oif these it fits,

It is a chart or set of intructions to follow, similar to a computer programme but it it also a a list of coming attactions - as in Theatre Program...

I kinda think be flexable, this is how I am
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That's right.

You should use "program" in that sentence if you are US.

You should use "programme" in that sentence if you are UK.

Program is only used in the UK for computer programs.
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