کدوم درسته؟ color یا colour

Hi there

A common question among learners of English is:

when do I use ‘z’ or ‘s’ in words?

British and American english

have different ways of spelling different words.

such as those ending with:

“yse” or “ise”.

one way to understand this

is to know the differences between American

and British spelling.

Here are some examples:

Analyse

Analyze

Apologise

Apologize

But most words that contain two or more ‘-ise’ syllables,

are spelled the same in American and British English.

Exercise

Surprise

Enterprise

Some British words spelled ‘our’

are spelled with ‘or’ in American English.

For example

oh..sorry

yea

Colour

Color

Favourite

Favorite

Words that end in ‘-re’ in British English

are spelled with ‘-er’ in American English.

For examples:

Centre

Center

theatre

theater

Words that have double ‘l’ in American English

are spelled with single consonants in British English.

for example

what?

Are you kidding me?

I couldn’t hold it

Can you understand this?

Enrol

Enrolment

Enroll

Enrollment

But here are some exceptions to the rule.

Traveller

Traveler

Fuelled

Fueled

It can get tricky sometimes

so you better look up online dictionaries

to get the correct American or British spelling.

Don’t always rely on your spelling check software

because it may not be set to the right kind of English.

Now if you know any other words

write them in the comment section .

Thank you.

Can I go now?

sit!

sit!

ok

Good boy.

Just kidding, you can go

By the way

what dou think I’m saying?