Ever notice how the word “canceled” is misspelled? Even by major news sources?
Just asking...
“Ever notice how the word “canceled” is misspelled? Even by major news sources?
Just asking...”
The dictionary lists either canceled or cancelled as acceptable, but lists canceled first, which means it’s the preferred spelling. Same with canceling (cancelling), which is the word that was actually used in the story.
>>>Ever notice how the word “canceled” is misspelled? Even by major news sources?
In fact I did notice that and started to correct the misspelling. Then stopped because anybody doing a search on that title before posting the same article might not find the changed title.
“Cancelled” has been a perfectly acceptable spelling for “canceled” for a long time. It’s not the preferred by all dictionaries but it’s listed. It’s usually the British spelling.
My pet peeve is the acceptance of “irregardless”, though it is listed in dictionaries as nonstandard.
“Cancelled” (with 2 “ls”) is an accepted spelling of the word. I prefer it (not that that matters).