On 23/09/05, Pawe³ Dembowski <fallout(a)lexx.eu.org> wrote:
Well, I would say that if a word exists that is
understandable on both
sides of the Ocean, even if used not as often as other forms, it
should be preferred. Other than that, however, I see nothing wrong
with using either British, American, Canadian, Australian in any
article.
There are some phrases that need stamped out, ones which can be easily
made "mid-atlantic English". It might be useful to figure out a way of
finding these and rephrasing them - yes, policy says not to go around
"fixing" spellings, but this doesn't mean we can't change "he
wrote
his mother about this" to something which looks "good English" to all
readers. Unfortunately, that very case is probably the hardest one to
search out...
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk