My job is UK English but I want -ize endings. What should I do?

When you create a job, you are asked to choose the version of English. Wordy currently supports UK, US, Canadian and Australian English, although we mainly see UK and US English jobs. If you choose British English, your editor will edit accordingly (centre, colour, catalyse, criminalise, etc.), in contrast to American English (center, color, catalyze, criminalize, etc.). For more details of the differences, see, for example, Wikipedia.

However, traditionally, UK English was written with -ize endings. Some publishers prefer those endings, and they are the endings recommended by the Oxford English Dictionary. If you search for “specialise” in the premium version of the OED, it takes you to “specialize”:

So, if you want British English but -ize endings (or some other variant of spelling, hyphenation, punctuation, etc.), please say so in the brief to your editor.

If you have a more comprehensive set of guidelines, please add a house style, which is under the advanced options on the form to create a job.

These options should address your concerns. If not, please drop an email to support@wordy.com, contact live chat or post me a message.