On 22/10/09 16:28, Christopher Swift wrote: <snip /> >> -- > Alan, since we've gone onto the topic of both spelling and grammar, > you will find that according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the > past participle of the verb to spell is indeed "spelt". We are not > living in America on this thread. View here as an example of the > usage of the verb to spell in the past particple. > http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/palindromes?view=uk > > I do agree however with the points regarding apostrophes.
Thanks for pointing out my error and please accept my humble apologies. As has been mentioned on IRC I probably spend too much time around yanks/reading American docs. Al -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
