reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2009) | The English language was first introduced to the Americas by British colonization‚ beginning in 1607 in Jamestown‚ Virginia. Similarly‚ the language spread to numerous other parts of the world as a result of British trade and colonization elsewhere and the spread of the former British Empire‚ which‚ by 1921‚ held sway over a population of 470–570 million people‚ approximately a quarter of the world’s population at that time
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Hong Kong was a colony of British in the past. Under a British education system‚ the English we learnt in school are supposed to be British English. But nowadays‚ more and more Hong Kong people start to use American English in their daily conversions. Some people think that using both British and American English may prove bad influences to English learning. Another group of people claim that it is good to familiar with the usage of both British and American English. Noah Webster Before we investigate
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on cigarette on the teenagers and the numerous ways to quit smoking. Fact : According to the American Lung Association‚ there are an estimated 50 million people who smoke. For some reason people just do not fully understand the risks they take by smoking. Cigatette smoking is a frequent cause for many health problem with smokers. To begin with‚ there are many hazardous ingredients in cigarette tobacco. Some of th ingredients are poisonous or addictive. Cigarette smoke produces thousand of chemicals
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American English and British English Communication may seem easy‚ but sometimes it is hard to understand between people even though they share the same language. American and British English have the same origin‚ which is the Elizabethan English. This means that Americans and the British speakers share the same language; but nowadays‚ these two varieties somewhat differ from each other. We can find both similarities and differences in both varieties. Even though American and British people can
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There are many British words which are different to American words. For example: • A lorry is a slimmer truck. • A lift is an elevator. • A fortnight is two weeks. • A chemist is a person who works in a drugstore. • A dual carriageway is a freeway. Lisa and Sofia Efthymiou‚ an American mum and daughter‚ have listed below a few of the differences between British and American words. Visit also our Glossary of British Words We have arranged the words in categories to make
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The American dream and the mode of production in “Bordertown” Prominent Karl Marx’s theory on the division of labor and the social class structure‚ as outlined by his concept of “the mode of production”‚ directly relates to social equality‚ ideology‚ and social economic power. “The mode of production” is understood to be the basis from which the majority of other social concepts‚ such as the relations between social classes‚ political and legal systems‚ work relations‚ morality and ideology‚ and
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English 1200 10/20/2012 “The” Tobacco Luxury‚ money‚ power‚ pure; these are the type of words that come to mind when one thinks of a cigar‚ another familiar word is usually Cuba. Cuban cigars contain the finest tobacco in the world and the numbers show for the communist economy as it generated four hundred million dollars last year for Cuba alone according to Money News. The United States which is the largest Cigar market in the world does not even sell Cuban cigars due to a fifty year-long
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I quickly ran home in excitement of what was yet to happen. We planned to dress up as Mohawk Indians. We knew that we could be recognized as non-Indians but it was our way to express that us colonists were no longer to be considered British subjects. Now was our time to become independent form the once loved county England. I grabbed my wool blanket‚ and smeared soot over my face and body. On my way out‚ I grabbed my hatchet to be prepared to release the tea into the harbor. Once we
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about further before any action is taken. We do keep some ties with these people. They have brought with them items that help to increase our hunting efficiency and so we have created trade with them. We take to them animal skins‚ furs and tobacco in return we get horses‚ blankets and guns. With this trade comes a price‚ many people within the tribe feel as though the Europeans are infecting the materials they trade us in order to make us sick with their diseases to kill us off. There
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Contents Introduction 3 1 Historical review of British and American English 5 1.1 History of English language 5 1.2 History of American English 9 1.3 American and British have changed and go on changing 11 2 Differences between modern British and modern American English 14 2.1 Lexical difference between American and British English 14 2.2 Grammatical difference between American and British English 18 2.3 Spelling differences between American and British English 24 Conclusion 27 Bibliography 29
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