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The author seems a little confused herself

"Word may not recognise vocabulary or grammar conventions that are part of local dialects, and will try to correct them," she says. This can effectively marginalise regional nuance, she adds.

The Cambridge spelling of recognise, marginalise indicates BE, but the comma inside the quote ... correct them," she says. is a pure AEism. Pick a team!


What team is quoting the first sentence, but not the second, even though it's presumably a continuation of the first quote?
What does "AEism" mean in this context?
AE = American English

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