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British EnglishAmerican English I'd dispute that for a start! :-) Just a few words to point out just a few of the different types of error in the list.. 1. One may adopt a baby in Britain, but I doubt that one can nominate a baby in America. A British committee might adopt a...

I thought again about what I said, and I think I would also add the fact that a dialect should be a regional language. So, it becomes "In my opinion, a dialect is a language that is not standardized and recognized by some kind of institution and that is spoken in a particular region." Marvin A....

>> I got what you meant MrP ... When i make a conversation , i use them (um, er..etc) involuntary. For example if we were talking face to face , i would say 'i use them ,umm,invotuntary.' . Because i would think to find a fit word... In my opinion , i have not found that kind of...

Randy_Tam wrote: I am only taking Mandarin as a complusory second language credit course, my L1 being Cantonese Chinese, now considered a 'dialect' for no justifiable reasons, as there has never been a clear distinction drawn between a 'dialect' and a 'language': do the 2 not share the very...

There is no quick way of describing this situation in Brit English Interestingly cool, Nona. Would BrE have caterways or caterwise? (I'm not sure if they're all that common today in North American English.) Source: www.wordlwidewords.org It has lots of variant forms, such as...