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
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Received on Mon Jul 02 2007 - 17:18:03 CDT
