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shplink

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Nov 30, 1999, 3:00:00 AM11/30/99
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Both versions are correct and as listed in Webster's Collegiate 10th. I
believe that "imposter" is the preferred British spelling whereas us common
folk in the US usually spell it "impostor"
(My US spellcheck recognizes the latter but not the former)
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Mark Ligtenstein <mark.lig...@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
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> A friend of mine recently told me that he thinks 'Imposter' is
> misspelled. In the dictionaries it is spelled 'impostor. Since we both
> are not native speakers of English, we think we might be missing
> something.
> Could anyone enlighten me, or do you think it is a genuine spelling
> mistake by Mr McManus?
>
> TIA
>
> Mark
>
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Mark Ligtenstein

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Dec 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/1/99
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Steven Brown

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Dec 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/1/99
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In article <821tdg$5lf$1...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>, "shplink"
<shp...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Both versions are correct and as listed in Webster's Collegiate 10th. I
>believe that "imposter" is the preferred British spelling whereas us common
>folk in the US usually spell it "impostor"
>(My US spellcheck recognizes the latter but not the former)
>--
>k
>Mark Ligtenstein <mark.lig...@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
>news:1e241qj.1lllk211jby0pmN%mark.lig...@xs4all.nl...

>> A friend of mine recently told me that he thinks 'Imposter' is
>> misspelled. In the dictionaries it is spelled 'impostor. Since we both
>> are not native speakers of English, we think we might be missing
>> something.
>> Could anyone enlighten me, or do you think it is a genuine spelling
>> mistake by Mr McManus?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Mark
>>

My Concise Oxford only lists 'impostor', whereas my Chambers has
'impostor' as the main entry, but says 'Also imposter', so I'd
guess that in both English and American 'impostor' is the usual
spelling while 'imposter' is an allowable, if rare, variant.

Steven

(My 'British English' spellcheck only recognises 'impostor'.)

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SJim67

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Dec 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/1/99
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>A friend of mine recently told me that he thinks 'Imposter' is
>misspelled. In the dictionaries it is spelled 'impostor. Since we both
>are not native speakers of English, we think we might be missing
>something.
>Could anyone enlighten me, or do you think it is a genuine spelling
>mistake by Mr McManus?
>
>TIA
>
>Mark
>

Either spelling is correct, although "impostor" seems to be the preferred one.

Mark Ligtenstein

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Dec 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/2/99
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Thanks everyone for the imput about the word 'imposter'. It seems that a
couple of dictionaries (English-Dutch) missed this.

Mark

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