Resident: Scottish Highlands Ah, well! You can't expect me to answer from the viewpoint of this man! I thought your interests lay mostly with American English anyway. how do they know if something sounds odd? Sounds odd to who? Kooyeen! The

Hi AlpheccaStars and Mr. Wordy, Thanks for you help. One American client says to me: a celebration dinner, while I saw a post in Yahoo, saying Beckham is having a celebratory dinner. Do you think it's probably because the

Yes Avangi, there are a great many differences between the two. They even use searate dictionaries; Oxford English & Websters American Dictionaries. Some of the most common differences are tap/faucet, pavement/sidewalk & the boot of

. Both different from and different than are acceptable. Here's a Canadian perspective (University of Victoria): "Different from" is the more accurate and acceptable form: "Apples are different from oranges," "He was

Hi, why do you need a comma for these questions for riddles I found in a book titled "101 American English Riddles" by Harry Collis? I feel the comma usage for this type of thing is discretionary without any firm rules to guide the use.

Hi, why do you need a comma for these questions for riddles I found in a book titled "101 American English Riddles" by Harry Collis? I feel the comma usage for this type of thing is discretionary without any firm rules to guide the use.

Hi, why do you need a comma for these questions for riddles I found in a book titled "101 American English Riddles" by Harry Collis? I feel the comma usage for this type of thing is discretionary without any firm rules to guide the use.

I've happened upon a Web site that looks like it should be really helpful to anyone who's interested in the ... they hadn't included American in the list. Aren't there a significant number of American English speakers in Britain? \

As far as I know, when a French word begins with a vowel, the glottal stop precedes it. This does not happen in English, but many dialects (e.g. the urban dialects of London, Edinburgh, etc.) use the glottal stop in words such as "little,

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