... are correct.
skein See
EI/IE SPELLING RULE.
skilful
skilfully skilful + ly
slain (exception to -y rule)
See
ADDING ENDINGS (iii).
slander See LIBEL OR SLANDER?.
slily/slyly Both spellings are correct ... See
SLILY/SLYLY.
slyness
smelled/smelt Both spellings are correct.
sniping or snipping? snipe + ing = sniping
snip + ing = snipping
sobriquet/soubriquet Both spellings are correct.
so...
... do?
(verb = recommend)
adviser or advisor? Adviser is the traditionally correct British
spelling. Advisor is more common in
American English.
advisory (not -ery)
aerial Use the same spelling for the ... by then).
all right or alright? Traditional usage would consider ALL
RIGHT to be correct and ALRIGHT to be
incorrect. However, the use of ‘alright’ is so
widespread that some would see i...
... iambic
METRE.
might See
MAY OR MIGHT?.
might of This is an incorrect construction.
See
COULD OF.
MIGHT OF
117
marihuana/marijuana Both spellings are correct.
marriage
marvel marvelled, marvelling
marvellous
masterful ...
Team-Fly
®
N
naive/naı
¨
ve Both forms are correct.
naivete
´
/naı
¨
vete
´
/ All these forms are correct.
naivety/naı
¨
vety
nationalise or...
... the partial derivatives, consider the derivative of (9.5.15) with respect to C.Since
P(x)is a fixed polynomial, it is independent of C, hence
0=(x
2
+Bx + C)
∂Q
∂C
+ Q(x)+
∂R
∂C
x +
∂S
∂C
(9.5 .18)
which ... coeffi-
cients.laguer(a,m,&roots[j],&its);
for (j=2;j<=m;j++) { Sort roots by their real parts by straight in-
sertion.x=roots[j];
for (i=j-1;i>=1;i ) {
if (roots[i].r <= x...
... AND
UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH
Some notes on the challenges of lexicography, drawn entirely from the writings
of Eric Partridge (189 4–1979)
Partridge wrote widely on matters concerning the English
language. ... US,
1965
about it; ’bout it adjective in favour of something US, 2001
about right adjective correct, adequate UK, 185 0
In English, the ideas most fertile in synonyms ar e
those of...
... 1951
bluebottle noun 1 a police officer. A singular occurence in
Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part 1, 1597, then unrecorded until 184 6
UK, 184 6. 2 a Ministry of Defence uniformed warden UK, 1969. 3 a
Portugese man-of-war ... contemptible; used as an negative intensifier UK,
188 9
blitz noun an intensive campaign; a concentrated effort. After
German blitz (understood in English as ‘all-out...
... Australia generally
referring to beer UK, 185 9. 2 a drinking-bout; drinking UK, 186 4. < on
the booze
engaged in a period of hard drinking NEW ZEALAND, 185 0
booze verb to drink alcohol, especially ... with
lightweight headphones UK, 1982
boogie party noun a party held to raise money to pay the rent US,
1982
boohonged adjective drunk UK, 2003
boohoo verb to cry loudly UK, 184 0
boo ho...