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Data from Organizing Our Marvellous Neighbours:
How to Feel Good About Canadian English
by Joe Clark

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1. You could accessorise an off-the-shelf dress with a vintage handbag and brooch.
2. You could accessorize an off-the-shelf dress with a vintage handbag and brooch.
3. If anything, the twin-turbo engine was useful mostly for its adrenalin rush.
4. If anything, the twin-turbo engine was useful mostly for its adrenaline rush.
5. Only after aeons of evolution did the eye develop into the form we recognize today.
6. Setting aside an adequate retirement income has become a priority for an ageing population.
7. Setting aside an adequate retirement income has become a priority for an aging population.
8. Fatal anaphylactic response to anaesthesia remains rare, at fewer than three incidents per 100,000 procedures.
9. The continued popularity of LP records shows that a fondness for all things analog has not waned in the MP3 era.
10. The continued popularity of LP records shows that a fondness for all things analogue has not waned in the MP3 era.
11. In analysing the survey data, researchers discarded responses from outside Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
12. In analyzing the survey data, researchers discarded responses from outside Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
13. Fatal anaphylactic response to anesthesia remains rare, at fewer than three incidents per 100,000 procedures.
14. Silverfish are often greeted with more alarm than roaches due simply to the length of their antennae.
15. Silverfish are often greeted with more alarm than roaches due simply to the length of their antennas.
16. A city-mandated archaeology investigation can bring a building project to a halt if any remains become exposed during construction.
17. A city-mandated archeology investigation can bring a building project to a halt if any remains become exposed during construction.
18. A city-mandated investigation can bring a building project to a halt if any artefacts become exposed during construction.
19. A city-mandated investigation can bring a building project to a halt if any artifacts become exposed during construction.
20. Certainly, the famous figure in “The Scream” does not have yellow skin and four fingers, but producers of the animated series expect to be granted a degree of artistic licence.
21. Certainly, the famous figure in “The Scream” does not have yellow skin and four fingers, but producers of the animated series expect to be granted a degree of artistic license.
22. Since the ax fell on My So-Called Life in 1995, the show has developed nothing less than a cult following.
23. Since the axe fell on My So-Called Life in 1995, the show has developed nothing less than a cult following.
24. The court heard testimony that Smith left a trail of bounced checks as she wandered from town to town.
25. The court heard testimony that Smith left a trail of bounced cheques as she wandered from town to town.
26. We hadn’t budgeted for a full kitchen renovation, but the rusted gas lines forced the issue.
27. We hadn’t budgetted for a full kitchen renovation, but the rusted gas lines forced the issue.
28. But a later witness offered another account, providing a cancelled check as evidence that no fraud had been committed against her rooming house.
29. But a later witness offered another account, providing a cancelled cheque as evidence that no fraud had been committed against her rooming house.
30. Part of the push to get polluting cars off the road involves old carburetor engines, which produce higher emissions than modern cars with fuel injection.
31. Part of the push to get polluting cars off the road involves old carburettor engines, which produce higher emissions than modern cars with fuel injection.
32. Something I miss from my old street is the annual visit by Christmas carolers.
33. Something I miss from my old street is the annual visit by Christmas carollers.
34. I didn’t have my master’s, but they hired me in a cataloger position and strongly hinted there would probably be a career path for me within the library system.
35. I didn’t have my master’s, but they hired me in a cataloguer position and strongly hinted there would probably be a career path for me within the library system.
36. At the center of the case is the Crown’s contention that Smith defrauded rooming houses.
37. Later, he would abandon asymmetric designs in his centered layouts for Penguin paperbacks.
38. With a fraud controversy centering around her, Smith resigned her volunteer position at the shelter two days after charges were laid.
39. At the centre of the case is the Crown’s contention that Smith defrauded rooming houses.
40. Later, he would abandon asymmetric designs in his centred layouts for Penguin paperbacks.
41. With a fraud controversy centring around her, Smith resigned her volunteer position at the shelter two days after charges were laid.
42. In fact, the witness testified, Smith paid up front for a full month’s stay with a certified check.
43. In fact, the witness testified, Smith paid up front for a full month’s stay with a certified cheque.
44. I managed to leave my purse in the car, with my wallet, credit cards, checkbook, everything right in plain view on the driver’s seat.
45. Smith had something of a checkered past, with a two-month house arrest and a court-mandated psychiatric evaluation imposed in 1997.
46. Smith had already been out of town three days before the guest house learned her cheque had bounced.
47. I managed to leave my purse in the car, with my wallet, credit cards, chequebook, everything right in plain view on the driver’s seat.
48. Smith had something of a chequered past, with a two-month house arrest and a court-mandated psychiatric evaluation imposed in 1997.
49. His famous acrylic model of a rotary engine became something of a collectable after his untimely death last year.
50. His famous acrylic model of a rotary engine became something of a collectible after his untimely death last year.
51. Auditors needed to write a separate computer program to churn through the tens of thousands of financial records.
52. Auditors needed to write a separate computer programme to churn through the tens of thousands of financial records.
53. And her lawyer complained that his client was hardly being cosseted in prison, having been placed in solitary confinement on suicide watch.
54. And her lawyer complained that his client was hardly being cossetted in prison, having been placed in solitary confinement on suicide watch.
55. The charity provides cosy one-room apartments to what it calls street-involved youth.
56. The charity provides cozy one-room apartments to what it calls street-involved youth.
57. I was just sitting there cringeing as he embarrassed himself at the podium.
58. I was just sitting there cringing as he embarrassed himself at the podium.
59. Low-floor streetcars sit no higher than two inches above curb level.
60. But after their major-label contract ran out, they switched over to a more dancable sound.
61. But after their major-label contract ran out, they switched over to a more danceable sound.
62. It’s a venerable affectation of the New Yorker – placing a diaeresis on one of a set of doubled letters.
63. In another visual euphemism for diarrhea, the ad campaign shows a bikini-clad vacationer hurrying toward a distant outhouse.
64. In another visual euphemism for diarrhoea, the ad campaign shows a bikini-clad vacationer hurrying toward a distant outhouse.
65. It’s a venerable affectation of the New Yorker – placing a dieresis on one of a set of doubled letters.
66. He also complained about the dingey cell, with its single threadbare blanket and unpainted concrete floor.
67. He also complained about the dingy cell, with its single threadbare blanket and unpainted concrete floor.
68. The judge noted Smith’s disheveled appearance and ordered her to dress in clean clothes for her next court date.
69. The judge noted Smith’s dishevelled appearance and ordered her to dress in clean clothes for her next court date.
70. The money order has been phased out in favour of the bank draft, which, financial institutions claim, has a wider range of security features.
71. Using a drafting technique borrowed from cycling, the three leading wheelchair racers maintained their relative positions for most of the marathon course.
72. With the decline in interest in classic trades, architects and construction firms have been forced to sponsor immigrant draftsman applicants from countries like India and Pakistan.
73. With the decline in interest in classic trades, architects and construction firms have been forced to sponsor immigrant draughtsman applicants from countries like India and Pakistan.
74. The money order has been phased out in favour of the bank draught, which, financial institutions claim, has a wider range of security features.
75. Using a draughting technique borrowed from cycling, the three leading wheelchair racers maintained their relative positions for most of the marathon course.
76. The minimum age for a driver’s licence has remained at 16 in most provinces.
77. The minimum age for a driver’s license has remained at 16 in most provinces.
78. The judge later empaneled the nine-member jury, which is not expected to deliver a verdict for several days.
79. The judge later empanelled the nine-member jury, which is not expected to deliver a verdict for several days.
80. Detractors maintain that what contributors are writing is an encyclopaedia, not a Web site.
81. Detractors maintain that what contributors are writing is an encyclopedia, not a Web site.
82. Only after eons of evolution did the eye develop into the form we recognize today.
83. Even Madonna refused to touch a drink while pregnant, openly worrying about fetal alcohol syndrome.
84. The eye emerged after millennia of evolution in fetid swamps and ponds.
85. In two births out of every thousand, an embryo divides into not one fetus but two.
86. Some service providers are upgrading residential customers from copper to fiber optic lines.
87. Canadians have historically preferred fiberglas insulation over spray-foam or other varieties.
88. Canadians have historically preferred fiberglass insulation over spray-foam or other varieties.
89. Some service providers are upgrading residential customers from copper to fiberoptic lines.
90. Some service providers are upgrading residential customers from copper to fiber-optic lines.
91. Some service providers are upgrading residential customers from copper to fibre optic lines.
92. Canadians have historically preferred fibreglas insulation over spray-foam or other varieties.
93. Canadians have historically preferred fibreglass insulation over spray-foam or other varieties.
94. Some service providers are upgrading residential customers from copper to fibreoptic lines.
95. Some service providers are upgrading residential customers from copper to fibre-optic lines.
96. Smith left behind a distinguished career as a flautist with small orchestras across the country.
97. Smith left behind a distinguished career as a flutist with small orchestras across the country.
98. The trial focused on Smith’s pattern of allegedly fraudulent payments at rooming houses.
99. The trial focussed on Smith’s pattern of allegedly fraudulent payments at rooming houses.
100. Even Madonna refused to touch a drink while pregnant, openly worrying about foetal alcohol syndrome.
101. The eye emerged after millennia of evolution in foetid swamps and ponds.
102. In two births out of every thousand, an embryo divides into not one foetus but two.
103. A stubborn barrier in electronic commerce is the fixed cost to fulfil each order.
104. A stubborn barrier in electronic commerce is the fixed cost to fulfill each order.
105. A stubborn barrier in electronic commerce is the fixed cost of order fulfillment.
106. A stubborn barrier in electronic commerce is the fixed cost of order fulfilment.
107. Smith’s chaotic presence, the court heard, created a furor in at least two communities she visited.
108. Smith’s chaotic presence, the court heard, created a furore in at least two communities she visited.
109. The series is so popular among the desirable youth demographic that it was expanded from a half-hour program to a full hour.
110. The series is so popular among the desirable youth demographic that it was expanded from a half-hour programme to a full hour.
111. For some members of the board, the last straw was the university’s conferment of an honorary doctorate upon the infamous heiress and sometime actress.
112. For some members of the board, the last straw was the university’s conferment of an honourary doctorate upon the infamous heiress and sometime actress.
113. Her bipolar disorder was initially misdiagnosed as simple hypoglycaemia, a common error.
114. Her bipolar disorder was initially misdiagnosed as simple hypoglycemia, a common error.
115. The board objected to the university’s idealising a quasi-celebrity with few, if any, ties to academia.
116. The board objected to the university’s idealizing a quasi-celebrity with few, if any, ties to academia.
117. She gained further notoriety from a home video leaked online, in which she wavers between interpretative dancing and explicit sexuality.
118. She gained further notoriety from a home video leaked online, in which she wavers between interpretive dancing and explicit sexuality.
119. Never one to miss an opportunity to maximize jewellery, the honouree appeared at the podium wearing a diamond tiara.
120. Never one to miss an opportunity to maximize jewelry, the honouree appeared at the podium wearing a diamond tiara.
121. Low-floor streetcars sit no higher than two inches above kerb level.
122. The former country singer, a renowned vegetarian, even offers an online recipe for tofu lasagna.
123. The former country singer, a renowned vegetarian, even offers an online recipe for tofu lasagne.
124. Although diagnosed with childhood leukaemia at age five, she staged a full recovery and returned to school.
125. Although diagnosed with childhood leukemia at age five, she staged a full recovery and returned to school.
126. Surely the common maxim, that this is the most livable city on the continent, is little more than damning with faint praise.
127. Surely the common maxim, that this is the most liveable city on the continent, is little more than damning with faint praise.
128. But the louvered blinds interfered with his sleep disorder, allowing slightly too much light to enter the room.
129. But the louvred blinds interfered with his sleep disorder, allowing slightly too much light to enter the room.
130. The court decision gave low-income families little room to maneuver at tax time.
131. The court decision gave low-income families little room to maneuvre at tax time.
132. The court decision gave low-income families little room to manoeuver at tax time.
133. The court decision gave low-income families little room to manoeuvre at tax time.
134. But most members of the class had a marvellous time on their culinary tour of rural Italy.
135. But most members of the class had a marvelous time on their culinary tour of rural Italy.
136. The rooming house was later condemned, in part because of its lead paint and toxic molds.
137. The rooming house was later condemned, in part because of its lead paint and toxic moulds.
138. The dumplings, spring rolls, and rice balls were distributed on simple movable carts.
139. The dumplings, spring rolls, and rice balls were distributed on simple moveable carts.
140. A tiny sliver of nacer is inserted into an oyster to trigger the pearl-making process.
141. A tiny sliver of nacre is inserted into an oyster to trigger the pearl-making process.
142. A few neighbors helped out with snow clearing.
143. A few neighbours helped out with snow clearing.
144. The Rough Riders, notoriously weak on the offence, nonetheless won the Cup nine times.
145. The Rough Riders, notoriously weak on the offense, nonetheless won the Cup nine times.
146. They faced the usual problem of organising an overseas school trip.
147. They faced the usual problem of organizing an overseas school trip.
148. The policy change orientated the government away from low-income supports and toward a work-for-benefits scheme.
149. The policy change oriented the government away from low-income supports and toward a work-for-benefits scheme.
150. The old-style pajama party has become a thing of the past as protective parents keep their daughters at home.
151. The dated wood paneling alone would knock tens of thousands of dollars off the resale price, she claimed.
152. Yet there was no consensus among the panelists on solving the problem.
153. The dated wood panelling alone would knock tens of thousands of dollars off the resale price, she claimed.
154. Yet there was no consensus among the panellists on solving the problem.
155. Like a dozen or more journalists before him, he went south of the border in search of a fatter paycheck.
156. Like a dozen or more journalists before him, he went south of the border in search of a fatter paycheque.
157. Nearly every personal check Smith issued in the year before her arrest, the court heard, was drawn against insufficient funds.
158. Nearly every personal cheque Smith issued in the year before her arrest, the court heard, was drawn against insufficient funds.
159. With freezing rain turning snow piles into ice piles, a city plough has little chance to clear a narrow street.
160. With freezing rain turning snow piles into ice piles, a city plow has little chance to clear a narrow street.
161. Certainly, the famous figure in “The Scream” does not have yellow skin and four fingers, but producers of the animated series expect to be granted a degree of poetic licence.
162. Certainly, the famous figure in “The Scream” does not have yellow skin and four fingers, but producers of the animated series expect to be granted a degree of poetic license.
163. But they agreed the government at least had given up the pretence of providing for the weakest people in the country, she said.
164. But they agreed the government at least had given up the pretense of providing for the weakest people in the country, she said.
165. Then the agency embarked on a new program to eradicate pests from its rooming houses, to little effect so far.
166. Then the agency embarked on a new programme to eradicate pests from its rooming houses, to little effect so far.
167. It was quickly becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy, he said.
168. It was quickly becoming a self-fulfilling prophesy, he said.
169. The soldier implicated in the scandal, Pt. James, was ultimately exonerated in military court.
170. The soldier implicated in the scandal, Pte. James, was ultimately exonerated in military court.
171. The old-style pyjama party has become a thing of the past as protective parents keep their daughters at home.
172. There was too much rancor in the group, she told me, to keep it going another month.
173. There was too much rancour in the group, she told me, to keep it going another month.
174. A complaint heard increasingly often is the lack of design rigor in new developments.
175. Paramedics arrived well before the onset of rigor mortis, the medical examiner said.
176. A rigorous design culture would result in a more varied urban fabric, according to a leading architect.
177. A complaint heard increasingly often is the lack of design rigour in new developments.
178. Paramedics arrived well before the onset of rigour mortis, the medical examiner said.
179. A rigourous design culture would result in a more varied urban fabric, according to a leading architect.
180. Though he had dearly hoped for a light saber, all he ended up with was a replica of the Millennium Falcon.
181. With its propensity for saber rattling, the government’s mutterings about peace and harmony tended to ring hollow.
182. With its propensity for saber-rattling, the government’s mutterings about peace and harmony tended to ring hollow.
183. Though he had dearly hoped for a light sabre, all he ended up with was a replica of the Millennium Falcon.
184. With its propensity for sabre rattling, the government’s mutterings about peace and harmony tended to ring hollow.
185. With its propensity for sabre-rattling, the government’s mutterings about peace and harmony tended to ring hollow.
186. Stores often insist that merchandise be returned in salable condition in original packaging.
187. Stores often insist that merchandise be returned in saleable condition in original packaging.
188. But the judge sounded sceptical as he took the unusual step of questioning the witness for nearly an hour.
189. The children, ages five and seven, clambered out the second-storey window and fell onto a row of trimmed hedges below.
190. The children, ages five and seven, clambered out the second-story window and fell onto a row of trimmed hedges below.
191. There was more of a sensitisation toward the problems faced by low-income people than there were concrete plans to solve those problems.
192. There was more of a sensitization toward the problems faced by low-income people than there were concrete plans to solve those problems.
193. But the judge sounded skeptical as he took the unusual step of questioning the witness for nearly an hour.
194. It was a skilful mixture of style and substance, and it took home awards in three countries.
195. It was a skillful mixture of style and substance, and it took home awards in three countries.
196. The somber occasion marked the fifth anniversary of the rooming-house fire.
197. Onlookers stood somberly as the minister offered a brief prayer.
198. The sombre occasion marked the fifth anniversary of the rooming-house fire.
199. Onlookers stood sombrely as the minister offered a brief prayer.
200. Low-income families faced a specter of hunger that higher-income families would never know.
201. Low-income families faced a spectre of hunger that higher-income families would never know.
202. This level of foreign interest in national affairs had not been seen since the old scandal involving a government sponsorship program.
203. This level of foreign interest in national affairs had not been seen since the old scandal involving a government sponsorship programme.
204. But while modern atheists acknowledge the need for human succor, they question the role of religion in providing it.
205. But while modern atheists acknowledge the need for human succour, they question the role of religion in providing it.
206. For years the plant’s smokestack belched out emissions with a strong sulfur smell, according to area residents.
207. For years the plant’s smokestack belched out emissions with a strong sulphur smell, according to area residents.
208. But for a broad swath of the community, the plant’s anti-pollution measures were not enough.
209. But for a broad swathe of the community, the plant’s anti-pollution measures were not enough.
210. But for broad swathes of the community, the plant’s anti-pollution measures were not enough.
211. But for broad swaths of the community, the plant’s anti-pollution measures were not enough.
212. Government officials argued for a more targeted income mechanism than general welfare.
213. Government officials argued for a more targetted income mechanism than general welfare.
214. Tell them that and what they’re going to come back with is “You’re dreaming in Technicolor, buddy.”
215. Tell them that and what they’re going to come back with is “You’re dreaming in Technicolour, buddy.”
216. Another victim of global manufacturing, the last factory producing the classic tennis racket closed last week.
217. Another victim of global manufacturing, the last factory producing the classic tennis racquet closed last week.
218. Meditation offers an oasis of tranquility in a hectic world.
219. Meditation offers an oasis of tranquillity in a hectic world.
220. Smith traveled from Newfoundland to Saskatchewan, leaving a wake of angry – some say defrauded – hotels and motels in her wake.
221. While traveling by air is still statistically the safest way to travel, security hassles are encourage more and more people to consider the train.
222. Smith travelled from Newfoundland to Saskatchewan, leaving a wake of angry – some say defrauded – hotels and motels in her wake.
223. While travelling by air is still statistically the safest way to travel, security hassles are encourage more and more people to consider the train.
224. The government’s unchangeing policies on income support led to a protest at the minister’s office that was later broken up by police.
225. The government’s unchanging policies on income support led to a protest at the minister’s office that was later broken up by police.
226. A descent into madness, a slow unhingeing of the mind, plagued her during the time she was misdiagnosed.
227. A descent into madness, a slow unhinging of the mind, plagued her during the time she was misdiagnosed.
228. Her life unraveled completely after a breakdown, or episode, that was captured by television cameras.
229. Her life unravelled completely after a breakdown, or episode, that was captured by television cameras.
230. Certainly there is a tendency to valorize the war dead, especially those who died in the Great War.
231. Certainly there is a tendency to valourize the war dead, especially those who died in the Great War.
232. If anything, authorities worry most about the more Westernised members of the sect.
233. If anything, authorities worry most about the more Westernized members of the sect.
234. I ordered a whiskey sour and nursed it until she deigned to show up.
235. I ordered a whisky sour and nursed it until she deigned to show up.
236. Smith’s fraud was wilful and knowing, the court heard.
237. Smith’s fraud was willful and knowing, the court heard.
238. Despite manufacturers’ claims to the contrary, there is no scientific consensus that yogourt can prevent or treat a yeast infection.
239. Despite manufacturers’ claims to the contrary, there is no scientific consensus that yogurt can prevent or treat a yeast infection.

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1. We’re the nation’s estate-planning specialists, with retirement options customisable to suit your needs.
2. We’re the nation’s estate-planning specialists, with retirement options customizable to suit your needs.
3. I could have benefited from your help, certainly, had you bothered to offer it.
4. I could have benefitted from your help, certainly, had you bothered to offer it.
5. Needless to say, the chancre that developed there was something I tried to keep to myself.
6. Needless to say, the chancer that developed there was something I tried to keep to myself.
7. It may be technically against the law, but experts say the rules are unenforcable in the real world.
8. It may be technically against the law, but experts say the rules are unenforceable in the real world.