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Do you know the main differences between British and American English?

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  If you are working in an MNC you must be familiar with the use of English used in their work process according to US and UK Clients. Some common words we all know are like Colour and Color, Neighbor and Neighbour. However, the most significant differences include: ·        Pronunciation  is a difference between words with the letter r and the letter t, generally r and t letters are not pronounced in American English like when in the middle of a sentence, for example, Saturday, waiter. Also, in American English letter ‘t’ is dropped to pronounce after the letter n, for example, ‘centre’ is called cenre. ·         Vocabulary-  There are things we call using different terms in America and British, for example, Pants (American) - Trousers (British), Elevator- Lift, Cookies - Biscuit, Apartment-Flat, Line - Queue, Parking Lot- Car Park, respectively. ·          Sp...

Why proofreading is a vital step?

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Content is king, with content you can reach your audience, and your audience or customers can receive the message you want to convey through your social media platforms, books or a piece of blog or article. To ensure the accuracy of your content, double-checking your work is always a good idea.  How will you double-check? It is easy to check small pieces of writing, but in the case of books, magazines, and articles, it would be difficult to cross-check the entire work again.  You can catch errors by rereading the content, but you won't be able to locate your own mistakes while reading again, there is a 30 per cent scope to skip the errors made in your content. We suggest always work with a proofreader and take care of the following points: 1) Proofreading by comparing Original and Final content: Contact a proofreader to read your content and ensure to provide the proofreader with your original content and final content together so they can make the comparison. Comparing the c...