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With regard to spelling

by Kirthana » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:46 pm
Hello! My question is about the spelling and grammar engine that the GMAT will use. I use British grammar when I write my essays. It is very tough not to. So color is colour and organization is organisation. Will this be a big mistake?
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by grockit_andrea » Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:22 pm
To the best of my knowledge, there is no automatic spelling and grammar engine on the GMAT essay scoring. It's done by individual readers, and therefore as long as you're using British spelling consistently, they'll probably see that it's not a mistake, but just a different style. You'd only run into real problems if you switched back and forth, e.g., "colour" in one paragraph and "color" in another.
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by 4seasoncentre » Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:12 pm
I don't know the answer, but one of the markers for your essay is a computer program.

I hope the computer and human marker take into consideration different English spellings. As a precaution, I only used American spellings. This wasn't as difficult for me because here in Canada most words are spelled the same and we are used to seeing the American spelling for things.

That being said, the system is not designed to penalize the occasion spelling gaff.
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