British Eng Vs American Eng - pen pal

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Vincent Teo

#462486 Thu, 10 Jan 08 04:03 AM

Which one is correct for British Eng?

(a) Pen pal / Pen-pal / Penpal

(b) Penfriend / pen-friend / pen friend

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Francesca

#462688 Thu, 10 Jan 08 03:32 PM

Hi, in my British English Dictionary I found "pen pal" and "pen friend" (without hyphen), plus it says that pen pal is used in informal texts.

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Yoong Liat

#462690 Thu, 10 Jan 08 03:36 PM

Vincent Teo wrote:

Which one is correct for British Eng?

(a) Pen pal / Pen-pal / Penpal

(b) Penfriend / pen-friend / pen friend

(a) pen pal / pen-pal (AmE)

(b) penfriend / pen-friend / pen friend (BrE)

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