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This tag is for questions specifically related to the English language as spoken and written in the USA. If you are interested in a difference between American English and British English, please use transatlantic-differences.
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What is the sports hall in schools called in English?
In the US, we definitely call the pictured facility a 'gym,' or 'gymnasium.' We also very often refer to the room with weights and such as 'the gym,' though never 'gymnasium,' which would refer to the …
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Which one is correct for my topic - "where they are from" or "where are they from"?
I'm going to nitpick a bit. You should use "where they are from," as this is perfectly normal in speech. But technically, it is incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition like "from." A strictly c …
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Noun vs. adjective as a modifier? "molecule structure" vs. "molecular structure"
I'm a native speaker (USA) and I can say that very few people would be able to recognize the difference in meaning in these two examples. Let's take the first example,
River pollution is a seriou …
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