[balakrishnanijk]

Even though they use more or less the same kind of language, American English speaks of living on Maddison Street and British English of living in Maddison Street. Why can't they even agree upon the use of a simple preposition like this?
PS: Let us suppose that there a street named Hurly Burly Street in the United States. Should a British traveller who is touring the United States say that he is meeting a friend on Hurly Burly Street in the afternoon?
Now that I am Indian which rules of English grammar should I follow? British or American? Should I use on when I am talking about the United States and in when I am talikng about England? I am wondering whether I should stick to one of these forms or whether I should use both throughout whenever I happen to write or speak English.