Differences in American and British English; Use of prepossitions... In British English, at is used with many time expressions, e.g: At Christmas/five oclock at weekend. In American English, on is always used when talking about the weekend, not at, e.g: Will they still be there on the weekend? Shell be coming home on weekends. In British English, at is often used when talking about universities or other institutions, e.g: She studied chemistry at university. In American English, in is often used, e.g: She studied french in high school. In British English, to and from are used with the adjective different, e.g: This place is different from/to anything Ive seen before. In American English, from and than are used with different. e.g: This place is different from/than anything Ive seen before. In British English, to is always used after the verb write, e.g: I promised to write to her every day. In American English, to can be omitted after write, e.g: I promised to write her every day.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:34:44 +0000
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