second language of many countries therefore bringing the different dialects of the English language. British English is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere. The Oxford English Dictionary applies the term to English "as spoken or written in the British Isles; the forms of English usual in Great Britain". American English is a set of dialects of the English language used mostly in the United States. Approximately
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A Column of British Soldiers marched out on the morning of April 19‚ 1775 toward the town of Lexington‚ Massachusetts. A small band of seventy-seven colonial militiamen stood their way. The shot heard around the world occurred in this time period as the outnumbered Americans retreated‚ thus starting the American War of Independence. Six years later‚ on October 19‚ 1781‚ Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown‚ Virginia to the joint forces of General George Washington and French General
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paper clarifies the veritable meaning of British Creole since it is not only a Creole but an ethnolect of the Black British community‚ whereas some people may say that it is a vernacular of British English. The linguist Peter L. Patrick claims that British Creole is the product of contact between the Creole language varieties of migrants from the Caribbean‚ and vernacular varieties of Urban English English. (Peter L. Patrick 2003: 231) So one could say that British Creole is a compounded variety of the
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The British are coming! The British are coming!" This infamous quote is by Paul Revere‚ a messenger of the Boston Committee of Correspondence. He managed to deliver the message to the townspeople as well as Sam Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming to confiscate their weapons. This warning soon turned into a historical event that put the Revolution into full swing. In 1764‚ a year after the French and Indian war‚ the Sugar act was passed. This act forced the colonist to pay a 3¢ tax
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the Native American tribes that had been living peacefully there for centuries. The responses European settlers had to Native American tribes reflected their own cultural and economic viewpoints. As a result‚ the Native Americans’ lives changed drastically. The French had developed peaceful‚ mutually beneficial relations with Native Americans in the establishment of the French fur trade and culturally befriended them. On the other hand‚ the British tended to oppress Native Americans economically
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In the previous 100 years‚ the British had enjoyed victory after victory in all the wars they had been engaged in. Their superiority was confirmed after defeating great nations like France and Spain which made its military the best in the world. The British had the urge to spread their dominance and so they extended their rule to the American ground. The Americans were on the losing end from the first time the war was declared‚ but an alliance with France strengthened its position and having the
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Job Satisfaction at British American Tobacco Bangladesh PART 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Topic Job Satisfaction at British American Tobacco Bangladesh 1.2 Background British American Tobacco is the world’s most international tobacco group‚ successfully pursuing a consistent strategy that is building long term shareholder value. Their goals are to grow their brands and the value of their business‚ to improve productivity and to embed the principles of corporate social responsibility
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Essay The perception of home by American‚ British and Russian cultures. A person’s home as well as his spoken language and festive clothes can tell us what culture he belongs to‚ because consciously or unconsciously‚ one usually keeps to one’s native traditions. For some people it is more important to have “a house which is made of walls and beams”‚ for others – “a home which is built with love and dreams”. It appears evident that “walls and beams” of a house do not play a crucial role in Russian
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ETIB L5 Comparison between the American and the British Judicial Power A project presented to Misses Alexa Hocheime on the 27th of Novembre 2012 Outline Interview with Her Majesty the Queen… I- Introduction II- Body 1- Informative part Description: General overview on the American and British judicial powers 1-1 British judicial power 1-2 American judicial power 2- Analytic part
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being independent after British lose American Revolution. British had the best military and best equipped. Literally‚ they had the better superiority and more advantages than America got. Therefore‚ Britain is a very gentle country‚ this culture and the way they treat the colonies which are in northern America might impact the result of revolution as well. Some choices they made and the way they thought as well as the location they are‚ these total main elements caused the British lose revolution and
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