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Ultimate Style. The Rules of Writing. Real Writers Need Rules.
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British English and American English are quite different. Try to avoid Briticisms in your writing. Here are just a few of the many variant spellings:
British American
afterwards afterward
backwards backward
burnt burned
colour color
downwards downward
forwards forward
grey gray
Mr, Mrs, Dr Mr., Mrs., Dr.
theatre theater
towards toward
upwards upward

Their billionaires are richer and their pints are bigger: believe it or not, the British use billion to mean one million million, not one thousand million, as the Yanks use it. To add insult to injury, their pints are four ounces bigger than ours.


 
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