GRAMMAR IN SPEECH AND WRITING
A12.1 Variety in English
So far in this book grammar (and the English language) has generally been treated
as a uniform phenomenon, as ‘one size fits all’. Occasionally some indication has been
given that there is variation, for instance:
between different dialects of English, for example, British and American forms
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e.g. I have already seen it vs I already saw it
between formal and informal forms (or rather formal and nonformal forms)
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e.g. To whom am I talking? vs Who am I talking to?
between ‘correct’ forms and forms that are considered by some to be incorrect
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e.g. Students have fewer chances of finding work nowadays.
Students have less chances of finding work nowadays.
But there is much more variety than this.
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