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Thread #112453   Message #3025608
Posted By: GUEST
06-Nov-10 - 08:58 PM
Thread Name: Van Diemen (not Van Dieman)
Subject: RE: Review: Van Diemen (not Van Dieman)
Spelt and spelled are both correct. Most dictionaries give both.

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"Spelt" is the older form. Past tenses formed by adding '-ed' only started to appear in the 17th century but have become steadily more common since. However the older form, "spelt" is not yet obsolete.
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