If all you're concerned about is converting US to UK spelling and US to UK punctuation, I think you'd still need the results proofread. After all, I expect that you would want to avoid something like changing

In US English, 're' is frequently changed to 'er', e.g., 'centre' becomes 'center'.

to

In US English, 're' is frequently changed to 'er', e.g., 'center' becomes 'center'.


Information about American English usage here and here. Floating point issues? Please read this before posting. — emc


In reply to Re^5: Perl to convert US to UK punctuation/spelling? by swampyankee
in thread Perl to convert US to UK punctuation/spelling? by freewheel

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