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{{lock}}{{mosnav|p=Use British English|Spelling cheat card|Spell checking|Spell checking with a Mac|Spell checking with Opera|Spell checking with Chrome|Spell checking with Firefox|SpellBot|What SpellBot actually corrects|c=British English|}} | {{lock}}{{mosnav|p=Use British English|Spelling cheat card|Spell checking|Spell checking with a Mac|Spell checking with Opera|Spell checking with Chrome|Spell checking with Firefox|SpellBot|What SpellBot actually corrects|c=British English|}} | ||
{{summ|We use British spelling here — with a few [[#Exceptions|exceptions]]. Please make sure your computer is [[Tardis:Spell checking|set to spellcheck in BrEng]] before editing.}} | {{summ|We use British spelling here — with a few [[#Exceptions|exceptions]]. Please make sure your computer is [[Tardis:Spell checking|set to spellcheck in BrEng]] before editing.}} | ||
[[File:Words That YOU Need to Learn How to Spell|thumb|right|Some basic spelling errors are common to both British and American speakers. Watch this video to learn how to avoid | [[File:Words That YOU Need to Learn How to Spell|thumb|right|Some basic spelling errors are common to both British and American speakers. Watch this video to learn how to avoid them.|250px]] | ||
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British spellings should always be employed in the main [[namespace]] — also called "namespace 0", or just "main". To give an exceptionally brief overview, this means using ''-our'' in a lot of words, such as ''colour'' and ''favour''. It also means the general, but not universal, preference for the suffix ''-ise'' over ''-ize''. Of course, it goes a bit deeper than that. By most accounts, there are about 1800 differences between US and UK English, with other parts of the English-speaking world chipping in a few hundred other variations. | British spellings should always be employed in the main [[namespace]] — also called "namespace 0", or just "main". To give an exceptionally brief overview, this means using ''-our'' in a lot of words, such as ''colour'' and ''favour''. It also means the general, but not universal, preference for the suffix ''-ise'' over ''-ize''. Of course, it goes a bit deeper than that. By most accounts, there are about 1800 differences between US and UK English, with other parts of the English-speaking world chipping in a few hundred other variations. | ||
