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At [[Tardis:about|this wiki]], we've taken a community stand to use [[British]] [[English]] in our main article space, and we therefore have a [[Tardis:spelling policy|strict policy]] to support that consensus. However, a lot of our editors are [[American]], which means that they won't think they're making mistakes at all. The help file, [[Help:How can I get my computer to spell check in British English?|How can I get my computer to spell check in British English?]], gives tips on how you can make it easier to spot the mistakes you probably don't even know you're making. | At [[Tardis:about|this wiki]], we've taken a community stand to use [[British]] [[English]] in our main article space, and we therefore have a [[Tardis:spelling policy|strict policy]] to support that consensus. However, a lot of our editors are [[American]], which means that they won't think they're making mistakes at all. The help file, [[Help:How can I get my computer to spell check in British English?|How can I get my computer to spell check in British English?]], gives tips on how you can make it easier to spot the mistakes you probably don't even know you're making. | ||
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However, there are some words that are so commonly misspelt they deserve to be highlighted in the following '''{{lc:{{PAGENAME}}}}'''. These, then, are the words our spelling bot ''constantly'' corrects, in rough order of number of occurrences. | However, there are some words that are so commonly misspelt they deserve to be highlighted in the following '''{{lc:{{PAGENAME}}}}'''. These, then, are the words our spelling bot ''constantly'' corrects, in rough order of number of occurrences. | ||
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! style="background-color:#8cb82c;border-bottom:1px solid black" width=50%|Correct | ! style="background-color:#8cb82c;border-bottom:1px solid black" width=50%|Correct (UK) | ||
! style="background-color:#e25822;border-bottom:1px solid black" width=50%|Incorrect | ! style="background-color:#e25822;border-bottom:1px solid black" width=50%|Incorrect (US) | ||
|-style="padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid black" | |-style="padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid black" | ||
|style="background-color:#8cb82c; padding:10px;"|'''materialise'''<br />''dematerialise, rematerialise, materialisation''<br>Oddly, you will find one or two primary sources, mainly [[TVC]] stories, where the [[letterer]] chooses to use the ''-ize'' form. Nevertheless, this is clearly not preferred British usage. | |style="background-color:#8cb82c; padding:10px;"|'''materialise'''<br />''dematerialise, rematerialise, materialisation''<br>Oddly, you will find one or two primary sources, mainly [[TVC]] stories, where the [[letterer]] chooses to use the ''-ize'' form. Nevertheless, this is clearly not preferred British usage. | ||
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|style="background-color:#e25822;padding:10px"|fulfill | |style="background-color:#e25822;padding:10px"|fulfill | ||
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