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English language --- Germanic languages --- English language in foreign countries --- World Englishes --- Variation --- Sociolinguistics --- Historical linguistics --- Dialectology --- Engelse taal --- Engelse taal. --- Taalsituatie en taalpolitiek. --- Varianten. --- Foreign countries --- English language - Variation - English-speaking countries. --- English language - Variation - Commonwealth countries. --- English language - Variation - Foreign countries --- English language - English-speaking countries. --- English language - Commonwealth countries. --- English language - Foreign countries --- ANGLAIS (LANGUE) --- VARIATION --- PAYS DE LANGUE ANGLAISE --- A L'ETRANGER --- COMMONWEALTH

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Speakers of British and American English display some striking differences in their use of grammar. In this detailed survey, John Algeo considers questions such as: •Who lives on a street, and who lives in a street? •Who takes a bath, and who has a bath? •Who says Neither do I, and who says Nor do I? •After 'thank you', who says Not at all and who says You're welcome? •Whose team are on the ball, and whose team isn't? Containing extensive quotations from real-life English on both sides of the Atlantic, collected over the past twenty years, this is a clear and highly organized guide to the differences - and the similarities - between the grammar of British and American speakers. Written for those with no prior knowledge of linguistics, it shows how these grammatical differences are linked mainly to particular words, and provides an accessible account of contemporary English in use.

English language --- Grammar, Comparative --- Grammar --- Variation --- 802.0-08 --- Engels. Engelse taalkunde--?-08 --- 802.0-08 Engels. Engelse taalkunde--?-08 --- American English --- American language --- English language in the United States --- Americanisms --- Dialects --- Analysis and parsing --- Diagraming --- Composition and exercises --- Grammar, Comparative. --- Grammar. --- Variation. --- Anglais (Langue) --- Grammaire comparée --- Grammaire --- Grammatica --- Vergelijkende taalkunde --- Engelse taalkunde --- Groot-Brittannië --- Verenigde Staten van Amerika --- Comparative linguistics --- Great Britain --- United States --- Americanisms. --- Provincialisms --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Germanic languages --- English language - Great Britain --- English language - United States --- English language - Grammar, Comparative --- English language - Grammar --- English language - Variation --- United States of America