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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 adverb 'organisationally' is not the Oxford spelling.
    Correction suggestion: organizationally
  • The adverb 'Organisationally' is not the Oxford spelling.
    Correction suggestion: Organizationally
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • The word 'organizationally' is the Oxford spelling.
  • Not an adverb in standard English: ...he came to an opening, choked with timbers and bars of iron; surmisably the front portal at present in disuse.
  • 'ORGANISATIONALLY. All capitalised adjectives are out of scope because the suggestion is ~is.
  • These adverbs are always ~isably: advisably, inadvisably.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: OXFORD_SPELLING_Z_NOT_S [4]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-28 22:33:06 +0200)