| 词组 | skeptic, sceptic |
| 释义 | skeptic, sceptic Skeptic and related words (skeptical, skepticism) are usually spelled in American English with ak: • ... I am a skeptic about mystical experiences —William Styron, This Quiet Dust and Other Writings, 1982 In British English, these words are spelled with a c: • I have been perhaps unduly sceptical —Graham Greene, Getting to Know the General, 1984 H. W. Fowler noted this distinction in 1926 and expressed a preference for the American spelling, on the grounds that it more accurately and unequivocally represents the pronunciation of these words. (In most words beginning see-, such as scepter and scene, the c is not pronounced.) His opinion on this matter has, however, had no apparent effect on British spelling. |
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