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Appendix 530–538 for particular differences in North
American English grammar.
However, issues of acceptability are never far from the surface when there is
reference to what is standard in grammar or in language use in general. In this
book, the following main categories of British English are adopted:
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acceptable in standard written and spoken English (most forms are in this
category)
•
acceptable in standard written and spoken English but not approved in more
prescriptive grammar books and often avoided by many writers of formal
English; for example: split infinitives, stranded prepositions, choices between
who and whom
•
unacceptable in standard written English but acceptable in standard spoken
English (
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