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A spelling from the other English

Manual review spelling.language-variant No automatic fix

British English accepts “till,” while American English uses “’til.” This is a consistency review, not an automatic replacement.

Convention: Transcribe in the artist's own English.

Example

Flagged by this rule
[Verse]
Stay 'til dawn

In the workbench this reads: Review this American spelling against the selected British English variant.

Accepted by this rule
[Verse]
Stay till dawn

The fix

This finding has no automatic fix — resolving it is a judgment call, so the workbench points at the exact range and leaves the edit to you.

The convention and its limits

This check detects the pattern shown above. An accepted example passes this check; it is not a review of the whole transcription.

Source

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