Reference: http://www.future-perfect.co.uk/grammartips/grammar-tip-program-programme.asp
'program' (AmE) and 'programme' (BrE)
So, for the noun, ‘program’ is used when talking of the IT world – it is something we run on a computer.
Example:
This computer program is not responding.
When referring to television or training, we would use the noun‘programme’.
Examples:
This TV programme is really great. We must watch it next week.
The programme of events was interesting at the sports day.
The training day had several programmes to choose from.
For the verb, ‘program’ is used for all instances.
Examples:
We must program this DVD-player to work properly.
He was going to program the robot to do this for us.
They programmed the machine several times.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
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