Image credit: Gemini Over 20 years ago, I was a trainee editor in a small Kochi-based company that edited books sourced from a major US publisher. During the training period, we trainees were given books to edit, and our work was reviewed by the editorial chief, a writer–journalist–editor from Florida. I was a voracious reader and thought I could coast along using what I already knew, but I was in for a rude surprise. The books were written in American English (AmE). In India