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Submitting Your Manuscript to a British Journal—6 British English Rules to Follow

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While referring to journal guidelines for the preparation of a manuscript, you may come across statements such as "Use spellings as given in the Oxford dictionary" or "Use American English throughout." These statements convey the journal's language specification—British English or American English.

It is often difficult enough for a nonnative author to write a manuscript in English and focusing on another aspect—British or American English—can make it even more confusing. Submitting Your Manuscript to a British Journal—6 British English Rules to Follow will help you understand certain rules followed in British English. By applying these rules, you can ensure that your manuscript conforms to the journal's language specification.

After reading Submitting Your Manuscript to a British Journal—6 British English Rules to Follow, you will have learned

	what should be done if language specifications are not clear
	how to represent quotation marks
	how to punctuate the salutation in a letter
	how to represent dates
	how to read a British English dictionary
	some common spelling differences between British and American English
	how to set language in Microsoft Word
	how to run a spell check in Microsoft Word

Resources to help researchers in writing and publishing in English.