jordanlund, 1 month ago Largely it’s going to depend on who your audience is. If you’re writing for an American audience, use American conventions. British audience, British conventions. Things to be aware of: Date formats: US: 5/6/2024 British/India/Australia: 6/5/2024 Currency formats: US: $1,234.56 Europe reverses that, so €1.234,56 www.ricksteves.com/…/european-numbers India: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system That’s above and beyond things like Metric conversion which the US largely does not use except in soda bottles. 1, 2 and 3 liter bottles. Spelling: In the US, it’s “color”, in the UK it’s “colour”. There are LOTS of examples like this. …wikipedia.org/…/American_and_British_English_spe…
Largely it’s going to depend on who your audience is. If you’re writing for an American audience, use American conventions. British audience, British conventions.
Things to be aware of:
Date formats:
US: 5/6/2024 British/India/Australia: 6/5/2024
Currency formats:
US: $1,234.56 Europe reverses that, so €1.234,56 www.ricksteves.com/…/european-numbers India: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system
That’s above and beyond things like Metric conversion which the US largely does not use except in soda bottles. 1, 2 and 3 liter bottles.
Spelling:
In the US, it’s “color”, in the UK it’s “colour”. There are LOTS of examples like this.
…wikipedia.org/…/American_and_British_English_spe…