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So there is a good quality difference between short a and short e. Bed and bad cannot be confused. But in American English, the short a seems to be more closed, reaching (in my ears) the same quality as the short e. What I hear is: bed [bɛd] and bad [bɛːd]. I don't hear any quality difference, only length difference.
In Slovakia, summer holidays begin at the end of the school year on June 30 and end at the start of the school year in early September. The autumn holidays are at the end of October. The winter (Christmas) holidays usually last from December 23 to January 7. There is also a one-day half term holiday on January 31.
American English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, [b] is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States. [4] English is the most widely spoken language in the United States.
[citation needed] American styles of notation have also influenced customs of date notation in Canada, creating confusion in international commerce. [ 1 ] In traditional American usage, dates are written in the month–day–year order (e.g. February 12, 2025) with a comma before and after the year if it is not at the end of a sentence [ 2 ...
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10 (many people work on Saturday either half-day or full-day) Indonesia: 40–48: Monday–Friday (exception of Aceh) Monday–Thursday and Saturday : 8, many people work a 6-day week with 7-hour days. Iran: 44: Saturday–Thursday: 8 (many people work on Thursday half-day) Iraq: 40: Sunday–Thursday: 8 Ireland: 40: Monday–Friday: 8 Israel ...
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However, in formal AmE and BrE legal writing one often sees constructions such as as may be agreed between the parties (rather than as may be agreed upon between the parties). appeal (as a decision): Usually intransitive in BrE (used with against) and transitive in AmE (appeal against the decision to the Court/appeal the decision to the Court ...