alleryStart learning →In British English, which spelling names a measuring instrument?
- metter
- metre
- meter
- meeter
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Correct answer: C. meter
British usage separates meter, the instrument, from metre, the unit of length.
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Worked practice questions
Which word is spelled -er even in British English?
- fibre
- centre
- calibre
- danger
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Correct answer: D. danger
Romance-derived words like danger, quarter and river, and Germanic words like water, have always had -er.
Why do acre and massacre keep the -cre ending?
- It marks the vowel as long
- It marks a French stress
- It separates noun from verb
- It shows that the c sounds like k
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Correct answer: D. It shows that the c sounds like k
The -cre ending signals that the c is pronounced /k/ rather than /s/, which -ce would not.
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