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british english and american english A.    grammar     1.             The Use of The ‘Present Perfect’ British American I’ve loss my key. Can you help me look for it? I lost my key. Can you help me look for it? I’ve just had lunch I just had lunch OR I’ve just had lunch I’ve already seen that film I already saw that film OR I’ve already seen that film Have you finished your homework yet? Did you finish your homework yet? OR Have you finished your homework yet? -              2.             Possession British American Do you have a car? Have you got a car? He doesn’t have any friends He hasn’t got any friends She has a beautiful new home She has got a beautiful new house He’s got much better at playing tennis He’s gotten m

LANGUAGE AND DIALECT SUMMARY Most of the people get difficulties in deciding whether a code they speak is a language   or a dialect of one language. This is because there are many factors to consider in making the decision. Linguistic factor itself is not enough to differentiate language and dialect. Other factor are mutual intelligibility, and socio-historical factor. In addition, there are also seven criteria that may be useful in discussing different kinds of languages. They are standardization, vitality, historicity, autonomy, reduction, mixture, and de facto norms. Sebagian besar orang mendapatkan kesulitan dalam memutuskan apakah kode mereka berbicara adalah bahasa atau dialek dari satu bahasa. Hal ini karena ada banyak faktor yang perlu dipertimbangkan dalam membuat keputusan. Faktor linguistik itu sendiri tidak cukup untuk membedakan bahasa dan dialek. Faktor lainnya adalah saling kejelasan, dan faktor sosio-historis. Selain itu, ada juga tujuh kriteria yang mungk