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Originally Posted by RWood
Likewise I refrain from correcting the constant misspelling of color by those from the UK, they always seem to put a "u" in it for some reason.
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I think you have that a little "backwards". It's not us who
add the "u", but you who
drop it; one of the results of Mr Webster's somewhat futile attempt to "rationalise" the spelling of English
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There is also the UK practice of dropping the article "the" far more than in the US.
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Only in a few very specific instances; eg we "go to hospital" rather than "go to the hospital" and similarly with "church", but not with most other nouns.
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These are not errors, they are style variations and should be preserved.
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British English and American English really are different languages; one certainly shouldn't try to convert one into the other - they both have their own unique features which make them what they are.