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* Oxford spelling
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Oxford spelling is a variant of British English spelling which has settled on
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using the -ize suffix like American English. This removes ambiguity in a lot of
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situations where it would be unclear whether to use the -ise or -ize suffix. For
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instance, the word "optimize" (in Oxford spelling) would be "optimise" in
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standard British English spelling. Oxford spelling does not affect words like
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"analyse" since the suffix is -yse rather than -i(s|z)e.
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The -ize suffix is better etymologically as it is closer to the Greek root -izo.
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