Editing International English (section)

=== Neutrality ===
International English reaches toward cultural neutrality. This has a practical use:
<blockquote>What could be better than a type of English that saves you from having to re-edit publications for individual regional markets! Teachers and learners of English as a second language also find it an attractive idea—both often concerned that their English should be neutral, without American or British or Canadian or Australian coloring. Any regional variety of English has a set of political, social and cultural connotations attached to it, even the so-called 'standard' forms.<ref name="peters">{{cite web |url=http://www.commissionedwriting.com/THE%20CAMBRIDGE%20GUIDE%20TO%20ENGLISH%20USAGE%20PAM%20PETERS.pdf |title=The Cambridge Guide to English Usage |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=2004 |access-date=7 March 2014 |author=Peters, Pam |page=299 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307011713/http://www.commissionedwriting.com/THE%20CAMBRIDGE%20GUIDE%20TO%20ENGLISH%20USAGE%20PAM%20PETERS.pdf |archive-date=7 March 2014 |url-status=usurped |df=dmy-all}}</ref></blockquote>

The development of International English often centres on [[academia|academic]] and [[scientific community|scientific communitie]]s, where formal English usage is prevalent, and creative use of the language is at a minimum. This formal International English allows entry into [[Western culture]] as a whole and Western cultural [[values]] in general.