Re: Free books

On 03/08/25 01:57, Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Aug 2025 13:03:05 +0200, [email protected] (J. J.
> Lodder) wrote:

>> BTW, they say you write English (South African dialect)
>
> That's about right.
>
> People who don't specify such things somtimes are subjected to
> criticism from American readers who complain about books being full
> of spelling errors, and sometimes punctuation errors as well.

I've been surprised by the number of people who don't know that there
are different dialects of English. I'm exposed regularly to different
dialects on the TV news, so surely it should be hard to miss.

I have vaguely noticed that there are punctuation differences between
AusE and AmE, but have never seen a place where the difference in rules
is explained. The only one that really sticks out for me is the
illogical placement of commas and periods on the wrong side of a
quotation mark.

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Peter Moylan       [email protected]    http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW