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[Facts] Re: Oops: "Spelled" not "spelt". nt
I think that "spelt" or "spellt" was the accepted version before they tried to standardize the English language and started using -ed for past tense.Also, just so you know, "hoped" was the past tense of "help" in some places. In several isolated parts of this country, it is still used.Michelle
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We use spelt here instead of spelledSpelled looks really strange and wrong to me. We also say spoilt instead of spoiled.
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Properly, we Americans use -ed, but I often use -t 'cause I think it looks nicer, for I've grown up reading King James English and Tolkein. Sometimes it takes me a minute to adjust to speaking Modern English! Quite regularly I find that SpellCheck throws a fit over my random mixture of American, British, and Old English.
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