I'm deeply into my career and still don't have certainty about if the correct spelling is "cancelled" or "canceled". I could link to all the conflicting info, but won't.
Today I cancelled a meeting. And spell check rejected it. Checked numerous sources as I've done numerous times and kept as cancelled (not canceled) because it looks wrong the other way.
Spell check on this blog program didn't flag either spelling. Maybe they're both right?
Monday, June 22, 2009
Annoying: Cancelled vs. Canceled
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I vote for canceled
It has vexed me too on occasion. Looked it up on Dictionary.com ... apparently, both are options.
Cancel is the root. Adding "ed" makes it canceled.
I would go with cancelled. From what I can tell it's actually a US/UK thing, where cancelled is correct in the U.S. and canceled in the UK.
http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/BritishCanadianAmerican.htm
http://www.antimoon.com/forum/t12462-60.htm
Either is correct, but the cool kids just use one l.
I so agree with this, when will figure it out?? :)
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