Neighbor, can you pass the ketchup (Palm Island)
Aug 23rd 2005, 12:48 pm
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Neighbor, can you pass the ketchup (Palm Island)
Aug 23rd 2005, 1:28 pm
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Re: Neighbor, can you pass the ketchup (Palm Island)
Originally Posted by TA5
Aug 24th 2005, 8:16 am
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Re: Neighbor, can you pass the ketchup (Palm Island)
It's spelled 'spelled'.
Originally Posted by kelvynd
It’s spelt 'neighbour'.
Aug 24th 2005, 8:18 am
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Re: Neighbor, can you pass the ketchup (Palm Island)
Originally Posted by BurpusMe
It's spelled 'spelled'.
PMSL.......
Aug 24th 2005, 8:53 am
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Re: Neighbor, can you pass the ketchup (Palm Island)
Originally Posted by Malteser
PMSL.......
"...Or consider the word "spelt," an older participial form of the word "spell." You almost never encounter "spelt" in the United States, but it is actually fairly common in England. On the other hand, the older participial form "gotten" is almost unheard of in England, but in most sentences it is the preferred form in the U.S. "
I was having a dig at the americanism.
Spelled is also the american version of spelt
Both are correct. Just as neighbor and neighbour are correct
But i'm guessing you already knew that.
End of lesson 1.
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Aug 24th 2005, 8:57 am
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Re: Neighbor, can you pass the ketchup (Palm Island)
Spelt:
Sep 21st 2005, 6:02 pm
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Re: Neighbor, can you pass the ketchup (Palm Island)
Originally Posted by BurpusMe
Spelt:
The language referred to is known as "English". The language known as "American" appears to be lacking the fundamental properties of existence. Feel free to continue mis-using ours for the time being, we'll send the invoice shortly.
