How might a conservation biologist apply the theory of island biogeography in a national park
1 . Canadian English is an odd duck, a weird amalgam of American English and our British roots. 2  Canadian spelling keeps the 'u' in words like honour, colour and valour. 3  Canada switched over to the metric system decades ago, while the U.S. is one of the few countries that still use the imperial system.
American Heritage suggests there's no single, universally accepted standard for how to speak or write American English. Even so, school systems, professional communicators and businesses all have standards and, not surprisingly, the rules (at least for grammar) do not vary dramatically from place to place.