Wow! Talk about some very interesting posts. Sherry hit the nail on the head in my book. Well said.

I maintain that the two Englishes that are most widely used in ESL are BE and AE and have been treated as the norm. These are, of course, two of the many variations of English as those listed by David. Further, each variation is unique to the

It is perhaps better to dispense with the idea that there is only one English that is correct. In a nutshell American and British English are but two dialects of ENGLISH. "They have enough respect for the language to use correct spelling,