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Rule "Oxford spelling is/iz"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Oxford spelling is/iz
Message: <pleasespellme/>Would you like to use the Oxford spelling <suggestion><pleasespellme/>\1</suggestion>? The spelling '\1' is also correct.
Category: British English, Oxford spelling (~iz~ not ~is~) (ID: BRE_STYLE_OXFORD_SPELLING)
Link: https://quillbot.com/blog/category/uk-vs-us/
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.
ID: OXFORD_SPELLING_Z_NOT_S [4]
Version: 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-29 22:33:07 +0100)