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== 'Alternative', not 'alternate'. == |
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'Alternative history' is an exclusively British English term according to this article, when in fact it is simply correct English, as any good dictionary will attest. |
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The title of the page should be 'Alternative history' and in the first sentence it should be noted 'often incorrectly referred to as '''Alternate history''' '. --[[Special:Contributions/217.42.52.22|217.42.52.22]] ([[User talk:217.42.52.22|talk]]) 13:39, 21 February 2017 (UTC)H. A. Lynch |
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'Alternative', not 'alternate'.
'Alternative history' is an exclusively British English term according to this article, when in fact it is simply correct English, as any good dictionary will attest.
The title of the page should be 'Alternative history' and in the first sentence it should be noted 'often incorrectly referred to as Alternate history '. --217.42.52.22 (talk) 13:39, 21 February 2017 (UTC)H. A. Lynch