Hi, pals. I'd like to read your comments on this issue: Why do native speakers use "in", "on" and "at" when speaking about streets? Is this a matter of using British or American English? I've heard British

A related point: to me, and I think to most British people, "Europe" means the Continent. Mr Hartmann presumably lives ... and even a claim to being a sharer in the heritage of European culture, cannot affect this fact of usage. My

Alan Jones typed thus: A related point: to me, and I think to most British people, "Europe" means the Continent. Mr Hartmann presumably lives ... and even a claim to being a sharer in the heritage of European culture, cannot affect this

But we all know that the Canadians are not American, ... (especially) don't seem like "foreigners" to Detroiters, and vice versa. Haha, that is another very interesting point. Here in Europe, especially in Germany, many people think

Here in Aus we were told (very strictly indeed) when Britain decimalised that the minimum unit of the new currency ... number of "pence" it is worth. Is this an Aussie solecism or have the Poms reverted to the old expressions? The

Steve Hayes wrote on 17 Aug 2004: It's my impression that when British people refer to a ... the "X". Certainly North American usage strongly prefers "X River". Indeed. The following sound right to me: the river Thames the

It's my impression that when British people refer to a "River X", if you look at the map you'll see that it's just labeled the "X". Certainly North American usage strongly prefers "X River". Indeed. The

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It's my impression that when British people refer to a "River X", if you look at the map you'll see that it's just labeled the "X". Certainly North American usage strongly prefers "X River". Indeed. The

It's my impression that when British people refer to a ... the "X". Certainly North American usage strongly prefers "X River". Are there *any* US examples of "River X" (not counting things like "Rio