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  2. List of language reforms of English - Wikipedia

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    Spelling Reform step 1 (SR1) SaypU (Spell As You Pronounce Universally) Simpel-Fonetik method of writing. Traditional Spelling Revised. Extending or replacing the basic English alphabet: Benjamin Franklin's phonetic alphabet. Deseret alphabet. Initial Teaching Alphabet. Interspel.

  3. English-language spelling reform - Wikipedia

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    For centuries, there have been movements to reform the spelling of the English language. It seeks to change English orthography so that it is more consistent, matches pronunciation better, and follows the alphabetic principle. [1] Common motives for spelling reform include quicker learning, cheaper learning, and making English more useful as an ...

  4. American and British English grammatical differences - Wikipedia

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    It is similar to South African English in which expression comes from Afrikaans, a language of Dutch origin. Those contractions are rarely used in BrE. Before some words beginning with a pronounced (not silent) h in an unstressed first syllable, such as hallucination , hilarious , historic(al) , horrendous and horrific , some (especially older) British writers prefer to use an over a ( an ...

  5. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    English grammar is the set of structural rules of the English language. This includes the structure of words , phrases , clauses , sentences , and whole texts. This article describes a generalized, present-day Standard English – a form of speech and writing used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news, over a range of registers , from ...

  6. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language - Wikipedia

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    The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language ( CamGEL [n 1]) is a descriptive grammar of the English language. Its primary authors are Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum. Huddleston was the only author to work on every chapter. It was published by Cambridge University Press in 2002 and has been cited more than 8,000 times.

  7. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language - Wikipedia

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    9780582517349. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language is a descriptive grammar of English written by Randolph Quirk, Sidney Greenbaum, Geoffrey Leech, and Jan Svartvik. It was first published by Longman in 1985. In 1991, it was called "The greatest of contemporary grammars, because it is the most thorough and detailed we have," and "It ...

  8. BT Sport Score - Wikipedia

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    BT Sport Score was a weekly television programme broadcast on BT Sport during the football season. The programme updated viewers on the progress of football games in the United Kingdom on Saturday afternoons between 2:45pm and just after 5pm. BT Sport Score was hosted by Darrell Currie and Jules Breach. Pundits on the programme included Chris ...

  9. British English - Wikipedia

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    in the UK and US. v. t. e. British English ( BrE, en-GB, or BE) [3] is the set of varieties of the English language native to the island of Great Britain. [6] More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to the collective dialects of English throughout the British Isles taken as a single ...