Separated by a Common Language

In the last post, I looked at of instead of have after modal verbs--as in should of gone and might of known--in contrast to the more standard spelling of the contraction 've: should've gone, might've known.  As we saw there, the of spelling was more prevalent in British online writing than...

A few years ago, The Telegraph ran an article about Americanisms on the BBC—or rather, an article about complaints about Americanisms on the BBC: Nick Seaton, Campaign for Real Education, said: “It is not a surprise that a few expressions have crept in but the BBC should be setting an example...

Months ago (I am a bad blogger), Brett wrote to ask: Can you enlighten me any further on the differences between interpretations of "It's gone" in NA & the UK? (You can probably tell from the NA [=North America] that Brett is writing from Canada.) Brett covers this issue on his English, Jack...