WELCOME TO THIS EPISODE OF “WHICH SHOULD I USE?

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IN THIS VIDEO, WE ARE GOING TO DISPEL ANOTHER SPELLING MYSTERY.
IT’S DEFENSE WITH THE LETTER S AGAINST DEFENCE WITH THE LETTER C.

BOTH OF THESE TWO SPELLINGS ARE CORRECT.

HOWEVER, THIS ONE IS USED IN AMERICAN ENGLISH. (DEFENSE)
WHILE THIS ONE IS USED IN BRITISH ENGLISH. (DEFENCE)

FOR EXAMPLE, AN AMERICAN WOULD WRITE, “WE HAD SUPERIOR DEFENSE.”

ON THE OTHER HAND, A BRIT WOULD WRITE, “THERE’S NO DEFENCE WE COULD DO.”

MOREOVER, DEFENCE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED IN A BRITISH CONVERSATION. IT IS EVEN

MORE IMPORTANT IN ACADEMIC AND OFFICIAL WRITING AS IT WILL ILLUSTRATE YOUR
KNOWLEDGE AND ELEGANCE IN THE ENGLISH VOCABULARY.

ANOTHER THING IS THAT, WHEN ADDING SUFFIX TO THE WORD WHICH BEGINS WITH LETTER
“I”, THE LETTER C IN THE WORD DEFENCE IS CHANGED INTO “S”.

EXAMPLE: WE DO NOT SPELL DEFENSIVE AS “DEFENCIVE”. INSTEAD, WE SPELL IT CORRECTLY AS

“DEFENSIVE”.

AS A CONCLUSION, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND WHO YOUR AUDIENCE IS WHEN
CHOOSING THE RIGHT SPELLING BETWEEN “DEFENSIVE” AND “DEFENCIVE”.