American English

[iFaqeer (SIA)]

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.gelb at sun.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
>
> -- Janice
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