1 Answer. In most words containing the ending, both -ise and -ize are acceptable in British English. Oxford University Press (which publishes all the Oxford Dictionaries) is well known as preferring -ize, but most other British publishers and authorities prefer -ise.

use, employ, utilize mean to put into service especially to attain an end. use implies availing oneself of something as a means or instrument to an end. willing to use any means to achieve her ends employ suggests the use of a person or thing that is available but idle, inactive, or disengaged.

Usage notes Many style guides have advised against utilize and utilise, arguing that the simpler verb use is always preferable (and analogously, that the noun use is preferable to utilization and utilisation).

Utilize means to give a use to something that was previously useless (this may share the improvisation idea with #1). Utilize is neutral, while use has a negative connotation (as in “I feel used”). Utilize means to use something in a tactical or technical manner for advantage.

1 to the greatest degree or extent; totally; entirely. 2 amply; sufficiently; adequately. they were fully fed.

To utilize something is to turn it to a practical use. Hmm, so how is this different from using something? Well, the difference between use and utilize can be found in the purpose for which you are employing something; when you utilize something, you give it a new use that it may not originally have had.

Used to refers to something familiar or routine, as in “I’m used to getting up early for work,” or to say that something repeatedly happened in the past like “we used to go out more.” Use to typically occurs with did; “did you use to work there?” or “it didn’t use to be like that,” describing something in the past that …

put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose. 1. The cook will utilise the leftover ham bone to make soup.

Non-defining relative clauses (also known as non-restrictive, or parenthetical, clauses) provide some additional information that is not essential and may be omitted without affecting the contents of the sentence.

Here’s the secret to making the rule work: The rule applies to the sound of the letter beginning the word, not just the letter itself. The way we say the word will determine whether or not we use a or an. If the word begins with a vowel sound, you must use an. If it begins with a consonant sound, you must use a.

The general rule for indefinite articles is to use a before consonants and an before vowels. The trick here is to use your ears (how the acronym is pronounced), not your eyes (how it’s spelled). HIV (pronounced “aitch eye vee”) begins with a vowel sound, so an HIV patient is correct.

They require “the”, because they are pronounced letter by letter. An acronym, on the other hand, is a word made up from the first letters of the name of something such as an organization.

Words beginning with the letter U which start with a Y consonant sound like “university” and “utensil” also take an “a”: “a university” and “a utensil.” But when an initial U has a vowel sound, the word is preceded by “an”: it’s “an umpire,” “an umbrella,” and “an understanding.”

The choice between a and an is governed by the first sound of the next word. Although there are regional variations, the standard American pronunciation of historic starts with a consonant sound (just like the words hit and hipster), so the correct choice is a historic.