| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| Released time is time during which a worker is freed of ordinary duties in order to do something else, as a teacher might be relieved of teaching a class in order to devote time to committee work. Released, the regular participial adjective, ends in a t sound, and time begins with another, but the frequent use of the phrase caused the two sounds to coalesce into a single consonant, and the occasional occurrence in writing of release instead of released reflects that change. Some conservative Edited English still frequently insists on released, however, and the two spellings are in divided usage at present. See HANDICAP PARKING; ICE CREAM. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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