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Old 28-Sep-2006, 15:24
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Default Re: A question about the New Headway course
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Originally Posted by Loesie View Post
This is one of the reviews from Amazon:

"Very unfortunately, "New Headway Elementary", which used to be an excellent British English textbook, has now been converted into a horrible mish-mash of British and American, with a strong American bias. Recommended for Americans maybe, but definitely not recommended for British English."

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Here we go again - self-styled Guardians of Proper English bewailing the influence of American English. BE would be a lot poorer without the influence of AmE.

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