User Manual
Common writing
problems
ChannelEngine or Channelengine
ChannelEngine should always be spelled out. The C and
the first E are capitalized.
British English or American English
Because ChannelEngine is very likely to expand to the US
within the foreseeable future, we use American English in
our writing. This means analyze instead of analyse. Color
instead of colour. etc. etc.
e-commerce or ecommerce or E-commerce or
e-Commerce
We use e-commerce, with a hyphen, but without
capitalization. If you begin a sentence with it, use
‘E-commerce’.
Customers or users
Je or u, du or sie, vous or tu
Languages may dierentiate between a polite you and a
conversational you. English doesn’t, but Dutch, German
and French all do. The choice for which to use should be
made by the prominent translator and added to this guide.
Obviously, the choice should be made keeping in mind
the rules set out in this guide.
In Dutch, the polite ‘u’ has a very old-fashioned ring to it
and should not be used.
Marktplaatsen or marketplaces
In Dutch, the use of marktplaats may be confused with
the popular auction site Marktplaats.nl. Marketplaces is
the preferred term, even in Dutch. Channels is a good
alternative.
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