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Old 06-Aug-2006, 11:33
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Default Re: American English versus British English and more...

1 sounds better than 2 to me.
I'd use 4 rather than 3 if giving advice to someone, but 3 if describing the supposed effect.
What do you mean by 'drop the letter'?
In British English. we also hang a right and bear right.
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