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In British English, do you favorite or favourite a post? [closed]
When using "favorite" in a computer technology sense (for example, bookmarking a question on Stack Overflow), do British English speakers still use "favourite" (the traditional spelling in British ...
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Is “Honouree” correct in British English?
I seem to only find "Honoree" in the web, but Word spell corrector indicates me that I should write "HonoUree". Which form is correct?
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Why is 'forty' spelled without a 'u' in Canadian/British English?
I was writing in Word today (with the Canadian English dictionary enabled) and it kept putting a redline under "fourty" which I couldn't understand. A bit of searching says that, even in British and ...
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How come 'ou' was reduced to 'o' in the US?
Americans write color and favorite, when others say colour and favourite. How/why did this happen?
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“ou” versus “o” in spelling words like “color”/“colour”
Often, I have to decide whichever is better in mail, forums, letters. For instance:
colour vs color
behaviour vs behavior
humour vs humor
rumour vs rumor
honour vs honor
The difference comes ...
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Is there any difference between “color” and “colour”?
What is the difference between color and colour?
