Main differences between British and American English- an overview

Title: Main differences between British and American English- an overview
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Main differences between British and American English- an overview

American English is now different from its British mother and we could say it is more than another dialect due to its importance nowadays. At the beginning of its history, after the American emancipation, there were two opposite attitudes towards the language: those who wanted to eradicate any legacy from the colonization and did not want a British model for their language and those who felt language loyalty towards mother- English. But finally, as in …showed first 75 words of 778 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 778 total…the present somehow. For example I've lost my key would be okay in American English but it is also possible I lost my key, which is not correct in Britain. To express possession, while both forms are correct (and accepted in both British and American English), have got (have you got, he hasn't got, etc.) is the usual form in British English while American English uses the have (do you have, he doesn't have etc.)

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