Jan 8, 2015
nekochama replied to your post “When you see a really inspirational/sweet quote containing an...”
Compliments is the British English spelling ............ It's not wrong
It is wrong though. They are not variations of each other, and there isn't a British spelling. "Complement" and "compliment" are two different words, one meaning to supplement, add to, or to go well with; the other meaning to flatter/say something nice about, respectively. As in, "Those shoes really complement that dress you're wearing" and "Thanks, I get compliments about these shoes all the time." The difference is hardly made by native speakers because they sound exactly like each other, let alone learners of English as a second language. Another beauty of English :)
