User talk:Ostentenacity

British English
In a recent edit to the page Pride and Prejudice, you changed one or more words from one international variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to another English-speaking country, such as Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the original author used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Additionally, in British English, an abbreviation is not followed by a period if it ends with the last letter of the abbreviated word, if I recall correctly. (I'm American myself, so I don't know all the British English rules.) Thus, Mister is abbreviated "Mr" without the period. Thank you. Princess Lirin (talk) 00:32, 30 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you for explaining this to me. I do not edit Wikipedia articles very often, and I was not aware of the grammatical differences between articles in American English and British English. I will make sure not to make the same error in the future.

--Ostentenacity (talk) 00:59, 30 August 2011 (UTC)