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- Cancelled or Canceled? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Google's Ngram Viewer: canceled vs cancelled, from 1800, corpus American English This shows canceled wrestling with cancelled between about 1940 and 1980 and finally triumphing by about 1990—but cancelled appears to be making a comeback this century
- Cancellation, Canceled, Canceling — US usage
I understand the rules are very loose when it comes to double L's in English, and I have read several posts on here talking about "canceled" and "canceling" (vs "cancelled" and "cancelling"), but my specific question is more about the spelling of "cancellation" US English Oxford Dictionary - they do NOT mention cancelation with one "L"
- meaning - What does uncancellable mean? What is a word for not . . .
Yes there is ambiguity, though I would read uncancellable as being capable of being uncancelled (in the unlikely event of wanting such a phrase) and use noncancellable for something which cannot be cancelled (though irrevocable is a real word which means much the same thing) For the bonus nonuncancellable for something which is not
- Why cant we use due to in The picnic was cancelled due to the rain . . .
Also Corpus of Contemporary American English shows prevailation of cancelled due to over cancelled because of with a result of 81 over 42 (please see images 1 and 2) – ambitious_ph1lologist Commented Jun 7, 2020 at 2:55
- What is the difference between postpone and cancel
Whatever takes place in 2021 definitely won't be the 2020 festival; that one has been cancelled and it will never take place However, if the festivals are numbered, and this year's one would have been known as, say, the 17th XYZ Festival, the organisers can argue that their use of postpone is justified, on the ground that this particular
- Is it correct to say I kindly request you to. . . ?
This is a different and fairly widely-used usage, as tchrist says in his answer Indeed, in 'would you kindly just give up your seat for my great-grandmother', kindly and just are two of the hedging devices (pragmatic markers subset politeness) (the third device is the would you construction) (and the fourth, the winning smile)
- expressions - In its entirety vs in entirety - English Language . . .
Where should "in its entirety" be used in place of "in entirety"? Consider the following paragraphs Which usage is correct, and is the alternative incorrect less correct, or simply not as commo
- Is the phrase Please be informed that grammatically correct?
Yes it's grammatical E g "Please be aware that the event will be cancelled in the event of rain" You could also say "For your information, the event will be cancelled in the event of rain" or "Please be aware the event will be cancelled in the event of rain" but the lack of 'that' makes it less formal –
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