Junior schools my kids went to used American spelling and pronunciation, as most of the downloaded work the teachers use s from American sites. The high schools used Canadian (mostly British) English.

We deliberately use American spelling on our products as we ship to the US. We use Canadian in house.

American spelling or Canadian English is accepted in Canada, in the US only American is accepted (because they seem to think it is the only one and anything else is misspelled).

If you research it enough, you'll find any answer you want. The only one who can definitively answer your question, is the organisation setting the test.

You are wrong. And you are worrying about it way too much.

Yes I am asking 'serious' / straightforward questions. Clearly directed towards people who may have experience with that particular query, and hoping for a simple response? I'm not expecting 'funnies' as you say?

You have confirmed (with your Canadian Iphone) that I am right in my thinking that giving consideration to a spelling test is at least worth enquiring about.

The fact that when spelling is being checked, using an s or a z is actually important. And it is not just that 'rule'.

If you or I were to spell 'neighbor' in our higher English exam, it would be marked down as incorrect would it not? It would have been in my school anyway.

So again my query still stands, if a Canadian person marking a test on spelling, would they be strict or lenient and understand that someone from the UK has been taught differently. Just wondering if anyone on this forum has any experience of this.. I feel not, but no harm in asking LOL

What exactly am I wrong about ? Infact, doesnt matter.

I agree.
Thank you

In fact you might want to brush up on either.

15000........

What sort of job would you be going for? I don't think you've said.

I think you may need to focus on bigger things than swapping driving licenses, whether CPR certifications are transferrable, whether Newmarket is commutable (to where?) and about spelling on some hypothetical test that some hypothetical employer might want you to write in some hypothetical future.

I think you're worrying about this too much. A generic English spelling test isn't going to test you on American/Canadian/British English differences, unless that was specifically expressed. They're going to test your spelling capabilities to see whether you can spell anything in English at all, to confirm you have a grasp of the English language. Based on your typing skills above, I wouldn't be worrying about this. When in doubt, keep the U and use the Z.

Wrong in not listening to PMM. Just use English spelling. Any test an adult is taking is far more interested in how you think or how well you will fit their business culture. Spelling is the least of your worries. They have smell chequers to take care of that now.

Many years ago I was given an English aptitude test in the US and I was in a bad mood so I used British spellings, for which I was marked down. I then got into an argument with the examiner, because it does list the British spellings in Webster's.

Canada uses the OED, so what the "common" spelling is doesn't really matter for an English test, it's still in the dictionary.

Nevermind your other pedants, this is backwards, innit? If something leaves little to be desired, then it's very good.

Nooooo....my understanding of the saying is little to be desired would be pretty dire but since the poster's grasp of English is clearly fine the comment was still a generic one about testing anyone's skills in English language.

I think that's "leave's a little to be desired" i.e short of being divine, or even adequate. "leaves little to be desired" otoh, is almost heaven.

All this is, of course, irrelevant to any employer's English test, that's just about finding native speakers.

"I was in a bad mood" lol I like your style. Stick to the correct way!

Great example. And pretty much case in point.

Thanks for your reply.