enrol or enroll
Which?
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http://grammarist.com/spelling/enrol-enroll/
Enrol vs. enroll
The verb meaning to sign up or to register is spelled enroll in the U.S. Enrol, with one l, is the preferred spelling outside North America. The more American spelling is now preferred in Canadian news publications, but enrol was traditionally more common and still appears in many contexts.
The spelling difference extends to enrollment (American English) and enrolment (outside the U.S.), but it doesn’t extend to enrolled and enrolling, which everywhere are spelled with two l‘s.
The word has taken several forms since coming to English from French in the 14th century. It was originally enrolly (an anglicization of the French enroller), but it was also spelled enroul, enrolle, and inroll.1 Enroll was common from the 17th century on, predating enrol by at least a century. English speakers outside North America took up the newer enrol around 1800, while Americans stuck with the older spelling.
Se escribe la palabra como "enroll" en los Estados Unidos, y se escribe la palabra como "enrol" en países como el Reino Unido, Australia y Nueva Zelanda. En Canadá se usan las dos formas.
enroll
As a native English speaker for 40 years this confuses me too. I would go with 'enrol' but 'enrolled'. But I can never decide if it's 'controling' or controlling'. I wouldn't worry too much about the written form. Either form if probably acceptable.
