TimKowal wrote: Lazy English? Poor grammar? i suppose by 'lazy english' you're calling the speaker lazy. but can you please elaborate on 'poor grammar'? is 'works for me' ungrammatical to you?

Whitedragon wrote: American English is 'simplified' British English. America is a nation of immigrants, many who are non-native English speakers. In order to raise the level of English in the USA, the government deliberately simplified the

TimKowal wrote: Lazy English? Poor grammar? I think implied subject is as close as you can get. "Lazy English" and "Poor grammar" are good explanations. "Journalistic" might also apply for things like newspaper headlines, but they usually

Lazy English? Poor grammar? I think implied subject is as close as you can get.

American English is 'simplified' British English. America is a nation of immigrants, many who are non-native English speakers. In order to raise the level of English in the USA, the government deliberately simplified the system so more people

I the contraction you'd...you had or you would? I have heard the sentence You'd better get to work is that just lazy English or a real contraction?

An interesting discussion. I think it's great that there are so many different varieties of English in the world today. It surely does add colo(u)r. But if you have to write English for an international readership, you have to choose, which is

That's right, British English is taught in New Zealand schools but with the influence of American TV and movies, their 'version' of English is becoming more and more accepted. And it is true tht the 'educated' people do have an accent similar to

hmmm...imagine the Taiwanese declaring that simplified Chinese is lazy writing; or, how the Europeans add Greco-Roman wresting techniques to Judo. People must be too lazy to learn the original thing.

"Is American English simply lazy English with disregard for the fundamentals of the language, or is it a valid simplification of an overly complex and irregular language?" The first one. I don't feel it's right the way Americans are treating