i just have to get this out of my system...
so no colours today...
i still feel lame for obsessing over this question for so god damn long but...
-ize and -ise spellings....one is British and the other is American
my lecturer asked us one fine day..."What's the difference between the British English and American English?"
I remembered that -ize IS British and -ise is American...but I was told otherwise
so being the lameee over-obsessive-about-the-validity-of-stuff person that I lamely am
I just haaaad to do some research on this...
turns out~~~ -ize IS British...but so is -ise
-ize is mainly used by the Oxford English Dictionary...
which explains why amlost everything there is -ize
they use -ize because of the original Greek usage of -izo...
Cambridge, however, uses -ise all the time
-ize is also used in the Webster dictionary (it's American) so some people may think that the use of -ize is actually American...
if we use -ize in spelling..it isn't wrong but we have to be careful as some words do not end with -ize but with -ise... eg. Comprise, Enterprise....
BUT~ if we standardize the usage to -ise...it's easier because you don't have to think whether it's right or wrong...it's always right!!
huhu~~ i still like -ize better though...yessss. I'm
that old-fashioned!
exam tomorrow...cross my fingers!
♥ 12:23 AM