<p>I'm an international student taking the SAT, located in Australia. I am wondering which version of English should I write in (US English or UK English), I would guess that I am supposed to write in the version of my home country, in which case would be UK English? I don't want to loose marks over something trivial like this.</p>
<p>If anyone could clarify this it would be great. :) Thanks!</p>
<p>no one?</p>
<p>......</p>
<p>Whatever you feel most comfortable using.</p>
<p>oh is it? i thought it had to be American English</p>
<p>whatever you think is better for you. English is English.</p>
<p>I used UK English and had a significantly lower score than I expected (8 on essay, which I don't consider completely accurate), but eh. The grammatical differences aren't actually that huge, so if you don't use specifically British idiom you'll probably be fine.</p>
<p>Im going to phone educationUSA on Monday and I shall let you all know... just to be safe :)</p>
<p>yeh Scott. that wud be great.</p>
<p>Thank you for this topic! I am interested to know whether it makes a different were the test is taken and the national origin of the student. I am an American but I use UK English most naturally, as that it what I know best. I can imagine that if it wasn't allowed, the differences between the two dialects might alter a score considerably.</p>
<p>I used UK english.</p>
<p>Uk coolEr usE thAt</p>
<p>^ why do you do that with all your posts? Is it a reflex or is it intentional?</p>
<p>I really don't think they care. Both versions are correct.</p>
<p>You should use the one you're more familiar with so you can write faster.</p>
<p>I'd rather go w/ American English, but anyway, I'm not sure whether ALL of the essays r checked by american english teachers of hs and colleges; and how can someone know both american and uk english unless one was born in the UK and lived there most of the time and after that have been living to the US for last two to three years?</p>
<p>interesting... UK English as in English English Haha.
You probably don't have a choice but to use your native English. I live in the U.S. and I couldn't write in UK English if you paid me 100 dollars. Sorry, you don't use dollars do you?</p>
<p>I think I spelled words on my essay in the British fashion. 'favour.' 'realise.' et cetera.</p>
<p>they won't say it's wrong. It isn't. I spell stuff like that all the time.</p>
<p>Some things are correct in British English but wrong in American English.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>British English: The team are good.
American English: The team is good.</p>
<p>I have the sinking feeling that I lost out on my essay score for precisely that reason -- I'd personally consider the first (British version) correct and the second wrong, but I doubt that essay graders would agree with me.</p>
<p>Oh well. Too late to do anything about it now, the scores have been sent and the decisions are being awaited.</p>