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 is?

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.in 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 as it is actually used.

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