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Center vs. Centre
Center
/ˈsentə/Examples:
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Centre
/ˈsentə/Examples:
Their plots centred around Sir Pitt is unmarried half-sister, Miss Crawley.“I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth.And he showed them, on the centre page of the paper.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Center is the American spelling, commonly used in the United States.
- Centre is the British spelling, commonly used in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
- Both words refer to the same concept of a point at an equal distance from the edges of a shape or area.
- To decide which spelling to use, consider the audience and the localization of your content.
- Visualizing the t in centre as leaning slightly to the left, towards Britain, can help remember its UK usage.
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