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Nov 1, 2023 · This means, for example, that three hundred euros and ten cents is written as 300,10—with a comma as a decimal marker. In contrast, in the United States (as well as in other English-speaking countries including Australia, New Zealand, and the UK), the same amount is written as 300.10, using a decimal point.
Oct 16, 2016 · The map above shows which version of English is most commonly taught in schools – British or American. Of course this does not mean that people actually speak the version they learn in school, it’s just what they are taught. For example, Canada is listed as learning British English
Some linguists suggest that Euro-English is just another example of the flexibility of the English language rather than a separate dialect of it, whilst others believe it falls under the Mid-Atlantic variety, which is a neutral form of English without any distinct geographical associations.
- A Five-Year Plan to Introduce Euro English
- The Official Euro English
- First Phase Changes For Euro English
- The Real Euro English
English is one of the official languages of the European Union, meaning it is used for many official documentation and meetings. However, do you know just how different Euro English is from Standard British or American English? And what could potentially evolve from the standard English we know today…
As the EU looks for new ways to standardize practices, language and politics continue to present significant challenges. These must be handled delicately as they are strongly tied to culture and national identity. One of the ways it looks to do this is through the use of standard, official languages of communication – of which English is one. Altho...
Speculation on how the English language would evolve as a standard in a Union with hundreds of different languages spoken among its people, has lead to some interesting ideas. One of which is the idea of “Euro English” as a completely different kind of English. As wonderfully put by David Brown in his blog, we might expect to see something like the...
On a more serious note, although the whole English language used in the EU might not end up looking like that, there are real differences in the way that the English language is spoken by native speakers and what is known as EU English. This is due to the use of words in EU English in a slightly different manner than they would be in say standard B...
The English language was introduced to the Americas by the arrival of the British, beginning in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.The language also spread to numerous other parts of the world as a result of British trade and settlement and the spread of the former British Empire, which, by 1921, included 470–570 million people, about a quarter of the world's population.
Apr 26, 2021 · American English is popular in Europe thanks to movies, music, and other cultural imports, but Euro English will develop independently of either of these dialects, according to Modiano....
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Apr 16, 2024 · Notice how in both UK and US English a decimal point, and not a comma, is placed as separator before the cents (the fractional part of the decimal number). EXAMPLE: (English) EUR 999.50; AVOID (Dutch): EUR 999,50; EXAMPLE: (English) EUR 2.5 million; AVOID (Dutch): EUR 2,5 miljoen; EXAMPLE: (English) €955.99; AVOID (Dutch): €955,99
