EDITOR- I cannot fault the epistemology and accuracy of Jeff
Aronson's exegisis on the use of -ize rather than -ise. But in my view it
is difficult enough to find clinicians who can write good English (as he
can), let alone expecting them to know something of Latin and ancient
Greek (as he does). Sadly, nowadays, this applies to some editors too. It
is worse, surely, to see a solecism such as 'televize' than regularly to
use the -ise suffix. Besides, one could take the view of our greatest
dramatist, as expressed by the Earl of Kent, "Thou whoreson zed, thou
unnecessay letter! My lord, if you will give me leave, I will tread this
unbolted villain into mortar and daub the wall of a jakes with him. Spare
my grey beard, you wagtail? (King Lear, Act 2, Scene 2, lines 63-65).
Rapid Response:
Thou unnecessary letter
EDITOR- I cannot fault the epistemology and accuracy of Jeff
Aronson's exegisis on the use of -ize rather than -ise. But in my view it
is difficult enough to find clinicians who can write good English (as he
can), let alone expecting them to know something of Latin and ancient
Greek (as he does). Sadly, nowadays, this applies to some editors too. It
is worse, surely, to see a solecism such as 'televize' than regularly to
use the -ise suffix. Besides, one could take the view of our greatest
dramatist, as expressed by the Earl of Kent, "Thou whoreson zed, thou
unnecessay letter! My lord, if you will give me leave, I will tread this
unbolted villain into mortar and daub the wall of a jakes with him. Spare
my grey beard, you wagtail? (King Lear, Act 2, Scene 2, lines 63-65).
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