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In article <3guv7j$l7t@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> dewar@cs.nyu.edu "Robert Dewar" writes:
> [deletia]
> Sorry, but the word in British English is summarize, the spelling summarise
> is a common mistake (you also find Brits making this error, not only with
> this word, but also with similar words, I have even seen finalise).
> 
> The spelling with z is the only allowed one. If you need an authority

Incorrect, see below.

> other than me, try OED second edition, volume XVII, page 170. Interestingly
> a number of the citations use the s spelling, but it is not even listed as
> an acceptable alternative in the main heading.

Chambers English Dictionary (Chambers: Edinburgh, New York, Toronto) (1992)
has the following two relevant entries:

finalise, -ize (to put the finishing touches to: to put an end to completely.)
summ'arise, -ize (to present in a summary or briefly.)

I note in both these cases the -ise form is given first priority.

Sorry to rain on your pronouncements  :-)

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