![]() ![]() Whilst I’d not recommend it for anything other than technical writing, it’s worth learning the clear and unambiguous ISO standard for shorthand, numeric-only dates and times based on the Gregorian calendar and the twenty-four hour clock. Is 04/05 the fifth of April or the fourth of May? Consequently, unqualified shorthand dates are very confusing, especially when both figures are below 12. In Australia and Great Britain, for example, dd/mm is used. Moreover, I’ve not found any of them prevent me from maintaining a personal style. As an Australian writing mainly for US and European audiences over the last seven years I’ve find them more than useful. If you don’t want to spend extra time reiterating what you wrote or correcting misapprehensions, consider the following specific suggestions. Whether you are writing articles for a major Web-site or a quick post to your favourite mailing list, an increasing portion of those reading your words will not be residents of the US. Setting aside issues of language for a moment, even those of us who write mainly or exclusively in English need to consider how to effectively communicate with this changing audience. The Web is slowly living up to its attendant adjective and becoming almost genuinely worldwide. I believe the report quoted is the eGlobal report published by eMarketer but, not having US$800.00 to throw around, this is only a reasonable surmise on my part.Įven the ABC’s report brings up potential problems with this claim (and eMarketer’s CEO is quoted acknowledging some of these problems as well) but the broad thrust of the claim seems reasonable: the US-centric basis of the Internet is waning. Some 445 million people were using the Internet at the end of 2001, with 27 ![]() An ABC News Online report for February 24th 2002 quotes an eMarketer claim that ![]()
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