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Editors - quick question about US English

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MirandaGoshawk · 18/01/2013 10:04

I'm writing something for a US publication (my first time ever getting paid for writing - I am very excited!! Sorry about the exclamation marks but I am very excited!!! ) and I want to include a quote from A Christmas Carol that includes the word 'neighbours'. Should I use US spelling?

It just seems wrong to change Dickens's spelling, but if Dickens over there is published with US spellings then I will.

But in their spec they reminded me to use US spelling & conventions.

TIA

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