HL Mencken, the US writer, was no Anglophile. In his book The American Language, he rejoiced in the impending eclipse of the “stilted and precious” English spoken by England’s elite.
America’s English, he wrote, “is better on all counts — clearer, more rational and, above all, more charming”.
In any case, the larger number of US English speakers meant that, in any dispute over what was correct, the American view should prevail.
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