| flagship said: American English, however variants of British English used by India, Australia and all the rest of the British former colonies and protectorate is the most predominate. In short the important part is to learn a variant of English and adapt the to local environment when necessary. |
I don't adaptation is even necessary. A person CAN use whatever dialect of English he or she wants. None of my University professors dock marks for using/not using British grammar and spelling. Honestly, the only thing that rubs me the wrong about this topic is how Britians get high and mighty about the subject and claim that there is "proper" and "correct" English. Anyone who has taken a course in Linguistics will know that is total and utter bullshit [pardon my French].
