Capsize has -ize in both British and American English.

Note also analyse (AmE usually analyze) and paralyse (AmE paralyze).
If in doubt, rem em ber that in British English -ise is alm ost always acceptable.
Some British usage guides claim that -ize is 'preferable' in British English
on etymological and phonetic grounds, but this is not correct.
For American English, consult an Am erican dictionary.

344 -able and -ible

The suffix -able, as in readable, is far m ore com m on th an -ible, as in audible.
(Both are pronounced the same: /эЫ/). Some com m on words spelt with -ible:
accessible eligible intelligible responsible
audible exhaustible invincible reversible
comprehensible fallible legible sensible
convertible feasible negligible suggestible
credible flexible perceptible susceptible
defensible forcible permissible tangible
digestible gullible plausible terrible
divisible horrible possible visible
edible indelible resistible
Negatives of these w ords are naturally also spelt withi -ible:
e.g. inaudible, irresponsible.

345 -ly
1 adverb formation
We norm ally change an adjective into an adverb by adding -ly.
late -> lately hopeful -> hopefully definite -> definitely
right -> rightly real -> really ( n o t rcaly) pale -> palely
complete -> completely ( n o t completly)
Exceptions:
true -> truly whole -> wholly
due -> duly fu ll fully
2 -y and -/-
-y usually changes to -i- (► 348).
happy -> happily dry -> drily o r dryly
easy -> easily gay -> gaily
Exceptions:
shy -» shyly sly -» slyly coy -> coyly
3 adjectives ending in consonant + Ie
-le changes to -ly after a consonant.
idle -> idly noble -> nobly able -> ably
4 adjectives ending in -ic
If an adjective ends in -ic, the adverb ends in -ically (pronounced /ikli/).
tragic -> tragically phonetic -> phonetically
Exception:
public -> publicly

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