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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 adjective 'magnetisable' is not the Oxford spelling. Correction suggestion: magnetizable The adjective 'Magnetisable' is not the Oxford spelling. Correction suggestion: Magnetizable Her organisational ability is good. Correction suggestion: organizational These randomised controlled trials are... Correction suggestion: randomized This food is unappetising. Correction suggestion: unappetizing
Correct sentences for comparison:	The word 'magnetizable' is the Oxford spelling. 'MAGNETISABLE. All capitalised adjectives are out of scope because the suggestion is ~is. ...as a parody of modern DJs' own soundbites and self-advertising pieces. These words are always spelled with ~s (possibly some are AmE only): advisable, advised, advising, bruised, bruising, circumcised, circumcising, compromised, compromising, despisable, devised, devising, disenfranchised, disenfranchising, disguised, disguising, divisible, enfranchised, enfranchising, enterprising, excised, excising, exercisable, exercised, exercising, franchised, franchising, hair-raising, ill-advised, immunocompromised, immunocompromising, improvisational, improvised, improvising, inadvisable, incised, incising, indivisible, invisible, noncompromised, noncompromising, poised, poising, practised, practising, promised, promising, raisable, raised, raising, revised, revising, self-advertising, self-raising, self-rising, supervised, supervising, surprised, surprising, televised, televising, unadvertised, unadvisable, unadvised, unbruised, uncircumcised, uncompromised, uncompromising, undevised, undisguised, unenfranchised, unexcised, unexercised, unfranchised, unimprovised, unincised, unpoised, unpractised, unpromised, unraisable, unraised, unrevised, unsupervised, unsurprised, unsurprising, untelevised, well-advertised For information about the Conference of Specialised Ministers refer to www.coe.int/en/web/cm/iguide-chapter6 I am also a Texan, Born and Raised. This Raising Agent is contaminated. These Enterprising Young People are a boon to this country.
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ID:	OXFORD_SPELLING_Z_NOT_S [3]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-28 22:33:06 +0200)