Thank you again for your scholarly erudtion. I do cede your point that proper English came from the English - lol. We sure have made a botch of it. I love to hear you guys speak. Your accent alone makes you sound intellectually superior. With Wales-speak being the exception - lol. I take pity on the road sign makers there.
And there are no better sitcoms than Brit sitcoms which we steal regularly. Allo Allo being the hands down sidesplitter.
I was just curious about a grammatical practice that piqued my interest when traversing your fine land. My harassment ARE now terminated. Thank you very much and God Save the Queen and all that.
My pleasure, though you’ve clearly never heard a black country accent!
I must disagree with American English being a botch though, in many ways it remains more faithful to 18th century English than our version and whilst our version relies more on the logic of tradition, American English is an interesting mix of pre-Victorian English and 20th century abbreviation.
God bless America and all who sail in her! :)