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Subject: Re: American English
From: "iFaqeer (SIA)" <techdervish -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:08:16 -0800

Thanks for that! It is well put-together.

I'd ask anyone that cares--and not just tech writers--to read that. It
is instructive.

S

On 12/20/06, Janice Gelb <janice -dot- gelb -at- sun -dot- com> wrote:

Hemang Antani wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am a technical writer working in India for an Indian software product
> company. I am asked to write in "American English".
>
> Can you guide me what is "American English", or "writing for an American
> audience".
>
> Is it about use of specific terminologies or about sentence structure or
> something else.
>

You might want to check out this section of
the Wikipedia entry on "Differences Between
American and British English":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences#Writing

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References:
American English: From: Hemang Antani
Re: American English: From: Janice Gelb

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