Unable to provide rail card proof with purchased ticket

[Bungaroosh]

[NB "realise", not "realize"]

Just to mention that both "realize" and "realise" are correct spellings in British English.

 

[notmyrealname]

I think to many of us 'realize' just looks American and could lead some to suspect that AI has been involved in writing the letter which doesn't look good.

 

[Bungaroosh]

It's still correct.

-ize or -ise? | OxfordWords blog

Many people visiting the World (non-US) version of our website ask us why we spell words such as realize, finalize, and organize with ‘-ize’ spellings, rat

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[notmyrealname]

I think this was discussed here not that long ago and from memory, people preferred the 'ise' endings of most words.

 

[Fawkes Cat]

I think this was discussed here not that long ago and from memory, people preferred the 'ise' endings of most words.

Do we really think that people's responses to the railways are so knife-edge that using an Americanised word ending will tip the balance against them?

I'd respectfully suggest that the railway are looking for
- a response at all
- writing which is clear enough that the reader (ie. the railway) will know what is meant, and
- a degree of demonstration by the writer that they have done wrong and will not do it again

Everything else (and everything includes punctuation and spelling beyond what is essential for meeting the above points) is an optional extra and it seems to me that we won't be helping posters here if we worry about any of the everything else.

 

[Wolfie]

Do we really think that people's responses to the railways are so knife-edge that using an Americanised word ending will tip the balance against them?

I'd respectfully suggest that the railway are looking for
- a response at all
- writing which is clear enough that the reader (ie. the railway) will know what is meant, and
- a degree of demonstration by the writer that they have done wrong and will not do it again

Everything else (and everything includes punctuation and spelling beyond what is essential for meeting the above points) is an optional extra and it seems to me that we won't be helping posters here if we worry about any of the everything else.

Agreed. People's personal editorial/stylistic preferences are frankly irrelevant.

 

[Cowley]

OK. That all said, let’s keep it useful to the OP please.

 

[pringle]

Hello everyone ,
Would just like to let you know that I received a letter today from GTR offering me an out of court settlement of 66.40 GBP which has been paid .
Thank you all for your advice and support.

 

[WesternLancer]

Hello everyone ,
Would just like to let you know that I received a letter today from GTR offering me an out of court settlement of 66.40 GBP which has been paid .
Thank you all for your advice and support.

Good outcome I think.