07-26-2011, 08:21 PM
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged (the undisputed authority for both the AP Stylebook and Chicago Manual of Style) lists "ambience" as the preferred spelling. It comes from the Latin ambient, which the French mongrelized to ambiant.
It is a word I correct on a near-weekly basis when I am forced to edit intern copy.
It is a word I correct on a near-weekly basis when I am forced to edit intern copy.
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