Original sentence: Counterclockwise is the current equivalent American English term, and is used in Canada and the United States.The opposite sense of rotation or revolution is anticlockwise, which is British English term, and the one used by the majority of the English-speaking world, and abbreviated ACW
Edited sentence: Counterclockwise is the proper term, originating in American English, and is used in Canada, the [[United States], and the overwhelming majority of the English-speaking world].The opposite sense of rotation or revolution is sometimes mistakenly called anticlockwise, which is an archaic British English term, but is not the one used by the majority of the English-speaking world, and abbreviated ACW