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What is the past tense of "to cancel"?
Is it spelled canceled or cancelled? I typed both into Microsoft Word and neither is marked as spelled incorrectly. I also checked Webster's dictionary, and both spellings seem to be accepted. What do y'all think?
5 Answers
- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
The British and Commonwealth's way would be 'cancelled' with two 'l'. This also applies to other words such as travel - travelling and other words that end in a vowel then 'l'.
The American way however, also uses one 'l' (with some exception with doubling a word - such as strip - stripping [so not to confuse with stripe - striping]).
Hope I helped. Both are generally accepted, but its good to know the difference and origins.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Both are correct
Cancelled is the British spelling
Canceled in the American spelling
- dmoney_scLv 59 years ago
"cancel", and several similar words, like "travel", have one "L" added in the US., and two in the UK. It's the same with the -ed, -er, and the -ing endings.
