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Timothy Williams <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 15 Jun 2015 19:02:16 +0100
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Thanks, everybody!

I think that Hamid’s idea is the best.

However I now know how to go through a text looking for a final -our that I will on occasion change to -or. Thanks, Ben!

Best

Tim



> On 15 Jun 2015, at 17:28, Hamid Haji <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> On 15 Jun 2015, at 12:12, Timothy Williams <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 
>> People
>> 
>> 
>> The good news is the publisher has accepted a book for publication. The bad news is I must Americanise - sorry, Americanize - the spelling.
>> 
>> How do I find a word ending in -our and replace it with -or?
> [...]
> 
> Congratulations!
> I suggest you change the language setting of the entire document from English (British) to English (U.S.).
> Then let the spell checker do the “corrections”.
> 
> Hamid

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