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MS Office Forum / Word / Spelling and Grammar / June 2006English
When I type 'organization' in a Word document and the language is set to UK English (English) rather than US English (American) the spell checker doesn't recognise that it's spelt wrong. Is this normal or can I change the behaviour? Hi =?Utf-8?B?RnJhbms=?=, > When I type 'organization' in a Word document and the language is set to UK > English (English) rather than US English (American) the spell checker doesn't > recognise that it's spelt wrong. Is this normal or can I change the > behaviour? I'd say it's normal. From what I've read in this group over the years, apparently this is an "accepted" (if not the preferred) spelling in UK English. If you want to have it flagged, you can add it to an EXC file (Exclude dictionary). You should find instructions in Help and/or on word.mvps.org The exact steps (where you need to save it) are very much Word-version dependent (which you don't mention...) Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) I thought it was odd, it recognises 'color' is wrong but not that 'realize' is wrong. English is becoming swamped by American. I shall look up this EXC file you mention, that sounds like what I'm looking for. Thanks. > Hi =?Utf-8?B?RnJhbms=?=, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply > in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) The -ize ending is perfectly good (British) English and arguably more correct than -ise given the (Greek) derivation of most of the affected words. The only 'rule' I would wish to see applied is one of consistency - do not mix and match -ize and -ise in a single document. -- Enjoy, Tony > I thought it was odd, it recognises 'color' is wrong but not that 'realize' > is wrong. English is becoming swamped by American. I shall look up this EXC [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply > > in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Tosh. > The -ize ending is perfectly good (British) English and arguably more > correct than -ise given the (Greek) derivation of most of the affected [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > or reply > > > in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) That's American, not English. People can't speak English these days - it doesn't mean I should join in. > The -ize ending is perfectly good (British) English and arguably more > correct than -ise given the (Greek) derivation of most of the affected [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > or reply > > > in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Hi Frank, FWIW, from the Oxford Dictionary folks :) "Are spellings like 'privatize' and 'organize' Americanisms?" http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutspelling/ize?view=uk ========== That's American, not English. People can't speak English these days - it doesn't mean I should join in.>>  SignatureLet us know if this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP >>*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends Pricing and Packages for '2007 Microsoft Office System' http://microsoft.com/office/preview Be careful! In many respects, American English has reetained the more characteristic "English" features, while British English has become corrupt by influence of nonstandard dialects and foreign influence. <*((((><{ Fishy@Ocean.Net In the last exciting episode on Mon, 15 May 2006 11:34:01 -0700, Frank >That's American, not English. People can't speak English these days - it >doesn't mean I should join in. [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] >> or reply >> > > in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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