Outline the main differences between to the two; pointing out the areas you feel American English has influenced British English. Put forward your views on the subject.

... American English Assignment 'More and more Americanisms seem to be entering the English language. This is disturbing-they have a corrupting influence on our mother tongue'. (Letter to The Times) Outline the main differences between to the two; pointing out the areas you feel American English has influenced British English. Put forward your views on the subject. American English first began in the 17th Century, when the English colonists settled across the Atlantic. Between 1620-1640, over 200 vessels came from England to New England in America, bringing with them 15,000 immigrants. These immigrants came from all parts of the UK. After they had settled, some of their speech forms established the basis of American English. GRAMMAR Grammatical differences between AE and BE are quite small. The main being the American use of the past tense where as British English would use the present perfect tense. An example of this would be 'Did you go to the

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