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"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message
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> Neil wrote:
>>> "Different to" is the British usage and has been since before
>>> Shakespeare's time. If you check _Chambers Dictionary_ (1998), you'll
>>> find the following usage for the word "different": with _from_, also
>>> with _to_ and (_esp US_) _than_. If you check _Merriam-Webster's
>>> Collegiate Dictionary_ (11th Edition), a common U.S. dictionary, only
>>> "different from" and "different than" are mentioned in the usage section
>>> of the entry for the word "different."
>>>
>>
>> Two points.
>>
>> One, we're not living in Shakespeare's day anymore, so get over it.
>>
>> And two, Brits don't know nothing. If they did, then they wouldn't have
>> lost their world empire, and wouldn't have needed us to bail them out in
>> WWII.
>>
>> So, since, if it weren't for us, you'd be speaking German anyway, I
>> suggest you learn proper American English, and learn how to talk good.
>> That's what I say!
>>
>> Neil
>
>
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> Daniel A. Morgan
> University of Washington
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Received on Mon Jul 02 2007 - 17:43:28 CDT
