Young Writers Society

It's UK v US usage.

Is it? I'm from the U.S. and I think the -t looks much more... right than the -ed.

I tend to use smelled and smelt interchangably, depending on the voice of my character. Actually, spelt is a type of grain (a synonym for wheat I think), but it can also be used as the past tense of spelled. I think it just depends on preference. Use whichever you think is appropriate.

That is something that took me a long time to figure out too, especially with the whole color/colour thing. That drove me nuts. I used to just think there were a whole lot of really stupid UKers out there...no offence.

American here uses the 't' instead of the 'ed'. Using 'ed' just looks...wrong! That's all I can say. And we're taught (where I live) that using the 't' is correct and the 'ed' is incorrect. I think. I thought it was like that for everybody, but...

lilymoore wrote:That is something that took me a long time to figure out too, especially with the whole color/colour thing. That drove me nuts. I used to just think there were a whole lot of really stupid UKers out there...no offence.

Well, it's our language