American spelling vs. British
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American spelling vs. British
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Dove - the bird Love Above Hover <-- this batch makes no sense with American pronunciation
Dove - past tense of Dive Woven Clover Rove
This is pronunciation and not spelling but still...do Brits pronounce them differently?
Then there are phrases. I found a Finnish comedian that did a routine about the use of the word "ass" in English making it one of the hardest to use correctly. I figured it would be good for a couple of jokes, but he did a full ten minutes and had me agreeing!
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My take on it is that either is acceptable as long as it's used consistently in a given piece of writing. If it's not consistent, I feel I have to point out the errors.
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However, I am afraid of getting far too into the habit of doing so because I could end up implementing it into my writing and essays, which would result in misspellings.
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