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American Language by H. L. Mencken
"It was part of my daily work, for a good many years, to read the principal English newspapers and reviews; it has been part of my work, all the time, to read the more important English novels, essays, poetry and criticism. An American born and bred, I early noted, as everyone else in like case must note, certain salient differences between the English of England and the English of America as practically spoken and written—differences in vocabulary, in syntax, in the shades and habits of idiom, and
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Ch4 American and English Today Pt 3 Honorifics
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2023/12/13
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Ch4 American and English Today Pt 4 Euphemisms and...
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Ch5 Tendencies in American Pt 1 International Exchanges
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Ch5 Tendencies in American Pt 2 Points of Difference
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Ch5 Tendencies in American Pt 3 Lost Distinctions
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Ch5 Tendencies in American Pt 4 Foreign Influences Today
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Ch5 Tendencies in American Pt 5 Processes of Word...
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Ch6 The Common Speech Pt 1 Grammarians and Their Ways
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2023/12/05
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Ch6 The Common Speech Pt 2 Spoken American As It Is
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Ch6 The Common Speech Pt 6 The Noun and Adjective
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Ch6 The Common Speech Pt 7 The Double Negative
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Ch 7 Differences in Spelling Pt 1 Typical Forms
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2023/11/27
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Ch 7 Differences in Spelling Pt 2 General Tendencies
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Ch 7 Differences in Spelling Pt 3 The Influence of...
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