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Guzhao67 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Verbs spelling: british and american?
Hi: some verbs have two kinds of spelling with regard to their past tense and past participle forms, such as wake-waked/woke-waked/woken; shaved-shaved-shaved/shaven; spell-seplled/spelt-spell/spelt, etc. Are these different forms of spelling related to the difference between British and American English?
Thank you.
Thank you.
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I don't believe that that is the main reason for the divergence; it is more a matter of where those verbs are in the process of evolution between irregularity and regularity, or between orthographic alternatives. The '-t' forms ( learnt, spelt ) are definitely more British, but I suspect that they are on their way out in BrE also. Perhaps another member has a more definitive answer for you.
- I don't believe that that is the main reason for the divergence; it is more a matter of where those verbs are in the process of evolution between irregularity and regularity, or between orthographic alternatives.
- The '-t' forms ( learnt, spelt ) are definitely more British, but I suspect that they are on their way out in BrE also.
- Perhaps another member has a more definitive answer for you.
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I don't believe that that is the main reason for the divergence; it is more a matter of where those verbs are in the process of evolution between irregularity and regularity, or between orthographic alternatives. The '-t' forms (learnt, spelt) are definitely more British, but I suspect that they are on their way out in BrE also.
Perhaps another member has a more definitive answer f
Perhaps another member has a more definitive answer f
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