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  1. Vor 17 Stunden · British English is more tolerant of run-on sentences, called "comma splices" in American English, and American English prefers that periods and commas be placed inside closing quotation marks even in cases in which British rules would place them outside. American English also favors the double quotation mark ("like this") over the single ('as here').

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  2. Vor 17 Stunden · The British government continues to assess that Israel has the intent and capability to follow international humanitarian law even as 800,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah this month, the deputy ...

  3. Vor 17 Stunden · History (600–1945) A pound = 20 shillings = 240 silver pennies (formerly) The pound sterling emerged after the adoption of the Carolingian monetary system in England c.800. Here is a summary of changes to its value in terms of silver or gold until 1816. [44] [45] Value of £1 sterling in grams and troy ounces.

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  4. Vor 17 Stunden · Will is often used where British English would use "shall" or American English "should" (as in "Will I make us a cup of tea?"). The distinction between "shall" (for first-person simple future, and second- and third-person emphatic future) and "will" (second- and third-person simple future, first-person emphatic future), maintained by many in England, does not exist in Hiberno-English, with ...

  5. Vor 17 Stunden · Today, many of these same people claiming they are of "American" ancestry are actually of English descent, and some are of Scots-Irish descent; however, their families have lived in the state for so long, in many cases since the colonial period, that they choose to identify simply as having "American" ancestry or do not in fact know their own ancestry. Their ancestry primarily goes back to the ...

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AfricaAfrica - Wikipedia

    Vor 17 Stunden · In numerous countries, English and French (see African French) are used for communication in the public sphere such as government, commerce, education and the media. Arabic, Portuguese , Afrikaans and Spanish are examples of languages that trace their origin to outside of Africa, and that are used by millions of Africans today, both in the public and private spheres.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AlaskaAlaska - Wikipedia

    Vor 17 Stunden · Interactive map showing border of Alaska (click to zoom) Alaska ( / əˈlæskə / ⓘ ə-LASS-kə) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. It is in the Western United States region. To the east, it borders Canada (the Yukon territory and the province of British Columbia ).