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it is said that the english language is the hardest language to learn

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That sounds about right, grammars hard enough for some people who learn english as their first language.

Beer, Bear, Bare.

to, too, two

for, fore, four

the(ie) and "the"

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There is indeed an "American English" dialect, and it is in many ways closer to the original English in sound and vocabulary than British English is because the colonies kept words that England did not.

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Originally posted by acerdude
There is indeed an "American English" dialect, and it is in many ways closer to the original English in sound and vocabulary than British English is because the colonies kept words that England did not.

examples please...

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Originally posted by spot
it is said that the english language is the hardest language to learn

Are you kidding? It is one of the easiest languages to learn in the world. It's not pure chance that it's so widely used all around the globe. English is not my first language, and it is by far the easiest language I've ever seen.

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Originally posted by nano
Are you kidding? It is one of the easiest languages to learn in the world. It's not pure chance that it's so widely used all around the globe. English is not my first language, and it is by far the easiest language I've ever seen.

ditto, and try to take a look at japanese or cantonese

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*Cough* I think this has gone sorta off topic, eh?

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this thread has taken quite a turn

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Originally posted by Advocation
examples please...

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Some "Americanisms" that the British decry are actually originally British expressions that were preserved in the colonies while lost at home (e.g., fall as a synonym for autumn, trash for rubbish, frame-up which was reintroduced to Britain through Hollywood gangster movies, and loan as a verb instead of lend).

and there are many others...

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In many ways, compared to British English, American English is conservative in its phonology. It is sometimes claimed that certain rural areas in North America speak "Elizabethan English," and there may be some truth to this, but the standard American English of the upper Midwest has a sound profile much closer to seventeenth century English than contemporary speech in England.

ahhh, so trash and fall arnt americanisms...

where was that quoted from?

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