User talk:Evelyn Harr

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Toward/towards
You may not realise that "toward" is US usage and "towards" is UK usage. As a general rule, the house style on Wikipedia is to leave articles in their original dialect. As I suspect you know, Americans tend to be less aware of EN-UK than we are of EN-US, so this is a rule that is often broken! So, strictly speaking, your change wasn't needed. Nevertheless I think your edit should stand because it is not obvious that the article is written in any particular dialect and the topic is international. But don't be surprised or discouraged if someone else reverts (undoes) it. We all learned by trying things and seeing the reaction. Please do continue to be a contributor to Wikipedia. Once again, welcome. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 11:25, 31 December 2018 (UTC)