Hello Eric,

Wednesday, December 28, 2005, 6:58:55 PM, you wrote:

> No.  The dictionaries don't generally explain their choice
> of spelling.

> The /-ize/ spelling is often described as the 'Oxford z',
> as it's the house style for the Oxford University Press. (I
> think it is the older, more traditional spelling.)
> Cambridge University Press, on the other hand, tends to
> use the /-ise/ alternative.



Ok, thanks.


-- 
Graham


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