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[dragging thread back on topic e] Bexter, I've always just thought the ***t was the British version, vs. the ***ed US version.
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http://www.promt.com/ edit: PROMT is now a registered trademark, picked no doubt because you can't trademark prompt, or any other common word. but it used to be a variant spelling of prompt, in olden days. I don't respond to arrogance. Put me on "ignore". This isn't a PM. All can see. what? I'm not seeing any arrogance.
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I occasionally use the variant "spelt" and am commonly curtly and derisively corrected when I do so, but never on here.
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http://www.promt.com/ edit: PROMT is now a registered trademark, picked no doubt because you can't trademark prompt, or any other common word. but it used to be a variant spelling of prompt, in olden days. I don't respond to arrogance. Put me on "ignore". This isn't a PM. All can see. what? I'm not seeing any arrogance. It refers to a PM I received by someone who put me on ignore. It referred to the fact that PM's are not private anyhow,(said the PM), so..... The sender seems to imply that someone had died and he had been made king. I was told my postings are not worth reading. There are those who are so insecure that they can only get satisfaction by demeaning others. I am secure in my life, but could not reply to the PM because of the "ignore" thing. And there is a logical explanation, but ..... There's the arrogance.
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Is there a site for looking up words ending in "mt"? Just go to OneLook : when you put *tm in the search box it's all there. Link Or for words ending on tic, type in *tic And so on
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I have been reading a few old novels (18th 19th Century) and have noticed something which I frequently have a problem with. I tend to have difficulty working out if certain words should have -ed or -t...ie spelled or spelt...it may have arisen from reading such novels when younger, but it does occur for more words (unspoilt, spoilt, dwelt etc) and I was wondering if you knew if there was a rule for it or if it is just another word/spelling shift? I think the possible answer is that 'spelled' is used in the USA and 'spelt' is used in the 'UK'. Although if the novels you refer to were by american writers and they used 'spelt' then clearly my idea is wrong.  Another example of the use of both endings is 'learned' and 'learnt' I don't know about the States but in England past tense verbs ending in 'ed' are known as regular verbs and verbs with a different past tense word ie 'write' 'wrote' as irregular verbs. There are a few verbs that take both endings. To quote an Anon writer "There are no exemptions in English just interesting variations.'
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I remember from school English it was like: I burn the buns, I burned the buns, burnt buns.
(who burns the buns will have to sit on the blisters)
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