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Rule "Oxford spelling is/iz"

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Description:	Oxford spelling is/iz
Message:	<pleasespellme/>Would you like to use the Oxford spelling <pleasespellme/>\1? The spelling '\1' is also correct.
Category:	British English, Oxford spelling (~iz~ not ~is~) (ID: BRE_STYLE_OXFORD_SPELLING)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/ise-ize/
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	The word 'organisation' is not the Oxford spelling. Correction suggestion: organization The word 'Organisations' is not the Oxford spelling. Correction suggestion: Organizations 'Demutualisations: LT gives a spelling warning for demutualizations. BUT LT also suggests the Oxford spelling although the suggestion uses suppress_misspelled="yes". Why? Correction suggestion: Demutualizations de-energisation Correction suggestion: de-energization The word 'moderniser' is not the Oxford spelling. Correction suggestion: modernizer The word 'Modernisers' is not the Oxford spelling. Correction suggestion: Modernizers The word 'Americaniser' has the postag NNP (and NN). Thus, do not use an NNP exception. Correction suggestion: Americanizer The word 'magnetisability' is not the Oxford spelling. Correction suggestion: magnetizability The word 'Magnetisability' is not the Oxford spelling. Correction suggestion: Magnetizability This effect (polarisability) is shown to be... Correction suggestion: polarizability
Correct sentences for comparison:	The word 'organization' is the Oxford spelling. The word 'organizations' is the Oxford spelling. 'Americanisation' is NNP. 'Americanisations' is NNPS. 'ORGANISATION. All capitalised nouns are out of scope because the suggestion is ~ise. Most of the surviving paperwork, up until 1986, for successful naturalisations is now held at The National Archives (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/naturalisation-british-citizenship/). These words are always spelled with ~isation: improvisation/improvisations Dans l'organisation de ces autonomies, la Belgique a réalisé... year=2009 \|publisher=L'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie de-energisations has no postag. Make sure that the regexp is correct. Always ~isation: catheterisations, componentisations, demonisations, depoliticisations, depressurisations, immortalisations, incentivisations, intellectualisations, legitimisations, lionisations, memorialisations, militarisations, neutralisations, nominalisations, parameterisations, particularisations, passivisations, photosensitisations, plagiarisations, productisations, professionalisations, proselytisations, repressurisations, satirisations, scandalisations, schematisations, sensualisations, sodomisations, spiritualisations, tenderisations, universalisations, vandalisations 'World Health Organization' uses ~z, but the 'Organisation of Islamic Cooperation' uses ~s. The word 'modernizer' is the Oxford spelling. The word 'Modernizers' is the Oxford spelling. Make sure that the regexp is correct. These are all ~iser nouns: advertiser, advertisers, adviser, advisers, appraiser, appraisers, battlecruiser, battlecruisers, bruiser, bruisers, chastiser, chastisers, circumciser, circumcisers, compromiser, compromisers, curtain-raiser, curtain-raisers, despiser, despisers, deviser, devisers, disfranchiser, disfranchisers, disguiser, disguisers, dispraiser, dispraisers, enfranchiser, enfranchisers, exerciser, exercisers, franchiser, franchisers, fundraiser, fundraisers, hellraiser, hell-raiser, hellraisers, hell-raisers, improviser, improvisers, kaiser, kaisers, merchandiser, merchandisers, mortiser, mortisers, paralyser, paralysers, poiser, poisers, practiser, practisers, praiser, praisers, promiser, promisers, raiser, raisers, reappraiser, reappraisers, repriser, reprisers, reviser, revisers, riser, risers, surmiser, surmisers, surpriser, surprisers, upraiser, upraisers, upriser, uprisers 'MODERNISER. All capitalised nouns are out of scope because the suggestion is ~ise. The Stratocruiser set a new standard for luxurious air travel (www.boeing.com/history/products/model-377-stratocruiser.page). The word 'magnetizability' is the Oxford spelling. Refer to www.example.com/polarisability.html. Make sure that the regexp is correct. These are all ~isability nouns: advisability, disability, disabilities, inadvisability 'MAGNETISABILITY. All capitalised nouns are out of scope because the suggestion is ~ise.
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ID:	OXFORD_SPELLING_Z_NOT_S [1]
Version:	6.4-SNAPSHOT (2023-12-02 16:45:45 +0000)