Denise and Louise chat about 4 features of written language that are often thought to be Americanisms but aren’t.  Listen To Find Out More About:-iz- spellings serial commas em dashes which/that in restrictive relative clauses

Mentioned In The ShowLexico/Oxford: https://www.lexico.com/grammar/british-and-american-terms (‘The Differences Between British and American Terms’) https://youtu.be/Wzg-7U83rNg (Lynne Murphy on British and American English) (video) Free PDF booklet: https://mailchi.mp/f5bf5e2e5042/verb-endings (Verbs ending in -ize, -ise, -yze and -yse)

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