Comment by Meemo16 on 23/07/2014 at 11:22 UTC*

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Yes, it is less commonly used, but "-ize" is the Oxford Dictionary's preferred spelling. I think that's why /u/Use-British-English corrected you.

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Comment by SavvyBlonk at 23/07/2014 at 11:32 UTC

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But it's not even pref... *sigh* forget it.

Comment by GingerPow at 23/07/2014 at 14:15 UTC

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OED is descriptive, not perscriptive