Aug 10, 2018 · The variant of initialize with an s is the British spelling; the one with a z is standard American. See here. If you’re British, you’re likely to use the s variant. If you’re an American …

Sep 10, 2024 · How do "instantiate" and "initialise" differ? Ask Question Asked 1 year, 2 months ago Modified 1 year, 2 months ago

Jun 26, 2013 · Initialize/Initialise: Set to the value or put in the condition appropriate to the start of an operation. Also if you initiate something, it is your initiative, whereas if you initialise …

Mar 27, 2019 · Is there a rule on acronyms and initialisms being spelled out with the first letter of each word being uppercase or lowercase? Example: interim final rule (IFR) Interim Final Rule …

Oct 6, 2017 · I was wondering how one would abbreviate initials in a surname with multiple parts, e.g. Van Heule or Le Var? They're technically separated by the space unlike names like …

Aug 25, 2016 · To clarify, my question relates to British English. Is it considered grammatically correct to use initials with and without the full stop after each capitalised letter? Example: …

Sep 3, 2015 · I've been brought up believing that most of the words that have suffix with '-ize' or '-ized' is the American English form and the British English forms use (most of the time) '-ise' or …

Oct 13, 2015 · I have the initials D S-K as I have a double-barrelled surname, and this has always been how I have written them. I was recently reading through The Lord of the Rings, and …

Sep 20, 2010 · On my sport team, when we communicate we would like to use first name plus initial last name initial, e.g. John S. for John Smith, however I always wonder how I should …

I have trouble understanding why some words change "s"-es to "z"-s from BE to AE and some not. For example: analyse -> analyze characterise -> characterize hypnotise -> hypnotize But: …