Tasnif Style Guide — Page 48

48 TAŞNİF STYLE GUIDE Verbs Ending in -ise or -ize British English allows flexibility in spelling most verbs that end with -ize or -ise. Either spelling is acceptable. Although there is a misconception that the -ize ending is an American convention, this practice has been employed in British spellings since the 16th century. Nevertheless, the -ise ending does appear far more in British prose than US English, and the -ize ending appears far more in US English. Regardless of the spelling adopted, it should be applied consistently throughout the book. The Oxford University Press traditionally uses the -ize end- ing in the spelling of verbs where applicable. Further, this spell- ing convention was adopted in the first editions of the Oxford English Dictionary. There are cases where the -ise ending must be used in both UK and US English; for example, when the ending forms part of a larger ending unit such as -cise (for cutting), -mise (for send- ing), -prise (for taking), or -vise (for seeing), and when the ending -ise corresponds to nouns with -s- in the stem, like advertise and televise. The following is a list of more frequently used terms for which these rules apply: " advertise, advise, apprise, arise chastise, circumcise, comprise, compromise demise, despise, devise, disenfranchise disguise, enfranchise, enterprise, excise