By Speak english, British English

Apparently, American writing has suffered, as well.

Nona The Brit wrote:slum prudery? Interesting turn of phrase.It's from "My Fair Lady". Nona The Brit wrote:I think it is pretty true that a lot of British people don't consider us as part of Europe in quite the same way as other Europeans. Politically, yes.I think the British people scared to...

Thethenothere123 wrote: Grammar Geek wrote:I haven't read through all the pages on this topic, but has anyone commented on how NON-homogeneous UK and US English is? It's not like there's one "British English" or one "American English" unless you're been to broadcasting school. Someone from...

Hi,here are my comments, quick comments. The first thing that comes to my mind...1- Why English is the most predominant language nowadays? Why has it become a global language? Because most companies that deal with technology or software are in the US. Technology and science = English. 2-Many...

and an ignorant American would look at British and pronounce practise (Br. spelling) like practize.... Highly unlikely.Americans on the other hand, have been butchering it for centuries and should not be consulted when learning this language. It is, after all, English and not American.Rubbish. ...

british english english is derived from england and the english people are the one to discover english so hw anybody else can speak english better than them so its very obvious than no body can speak english better than english peaople and thats why this language is named after there state...

Englishuser wrote:What do you mean, Marvin? EnglishuserWell, in some ways, learning a different variety of English could be a good idea. If the lady I had met had learned English with a North American accent, I would most likely have realized that she was not a native speaker. But because she...

Hi there, I am a non-native English learner. I often visit Randall's ESL Listening Cyber Lab http://www.esl-lab.com/ to practise listening and speaking skills. I find this website very useful in learning to new American English expressions. Can you suggest any similar websites but in British...

Hiya! My name is Fay and I am from Greece. I naver wanted to have an accent. I only wanted to speak English without any mistakes, until I saw "Pride and Prejudice" (with Keira Knightley and Matthew McFadyen) in the cinema! Since then I am a Britishmaniac! I rented on DVD the old "Pride and...

I wouldn't say that our English pronunciation is strange. It's just not American or British-accented English, although I would say that we do have a tendency towards British English due to its predominance in our schools. If you would like to improve your written English, Singapore is a fine...