Oxford Dictionaries confirms that this spelling hasn’t been acceptable
since the Middle Ages, and proves a brief history of the word and its relation to until. (Unfortunately, its own examples of abbreviated usage include an open inverted comma in place of an apostrophe…) Oddly, both MS Word and Corel WordPerfect include til in their spelling dictionaries, although Word does flag it as an error if the US-English dictionary is selected.
til for till
Businesses that don't bother checking their websites, journalists who write gibberish and balderdash, professionals who can't take the extra time and effort to spell-check and proofread, newspapers that turn tragedy into farce through solecisms, plus the odd guide to solving common grammatical difficulties… Contributions and suggestions welcome. (… Also corrections if required, obviously!) Send to: manglingenglishATgmxDOTcom, stating your nom de mangle (if desired).
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment