African-American English (or AAE; also known as Black American English, or Black English in American linguistics) is the set of English sociolects spoken by most Black people in the United States and many in Canada; most commonly, it refers to a dialect continuum ranging from African-American Vernacular English to a more standard American English. Like other …

This category page lists nationals of the United States of ethnic or national origin or descent, from England or the English people, whether partial or full.. Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.

The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a civil war in the United States of America.It was fought when 11 Southern states left the United States and formed the Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy). The US government and the states that remained loyal to it were called the Union.. The main cause of the war was slavery, which was allowed in the …

American Kenpo Karate (/ ˈ k ɛ n p oʊ /), also known as Ed Parker's Kenpo Karate, American Kenpo and Kenpo Karate, is an all-inclusive system of martial arts based on ancient martial arts methods applied to solve modern-day violent scenarios using logic and practicality to survive nonconsensual, violent altercations. It is often characterized by the use of quick and powerful …

North-Central American English (in the United States, also known as the Upper Midwestern or North-Central dialect and stereotypically recognized as a Minnesota accent or Wisconsin accent) is an American English dialect native to the Upper Midwestern United States, an area that somewhat overlaps with speakers of the separate Inland North dialect situated more in the …

American Hi-Fi initially formed under the name BMX Girl, and Jones changed to a name personally suggested to him by Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones. American Hi-Fi's released self-titled debut album through Island Records on February 27, 2001 which was produced by Bob Rock (Aerosmith, Metallica). It was an AllMusic 'Album Pick'. Critic Mario Mesquita Borges …

Native Americans (also called Aboriginal Americans, American Indians, Amerindians or indigenous peoples of the Americas) are the indigenous peoples and their descendants, who were in the Americas before Europeans arrived.. Sometimes these people are called Indians, but this may be confusing, because it is the same word used for people from India.When Christopher …

Midland American English is a regional dialect or super-dialect of American English, geographically lying between the traditionally-defined Northern and Southern United States. The boundaries of Midland American English are not entirely clear, being revised and reduced by linguists due to definitional changes and several Midland sub-regions undergoing rapid and …

The sentence is unpunctuated and uses three different readings of the word "buffalo". In order of their first use, these are: a. a city named Buffalo. This is used as a noun adjunct in the sentence;; n. the noun buffalo, an animal, in the plural (equivalent to "buffaloes" or "buffalos"), in order to avoid articles. v. the verb "buffalo" meaning to outwit, confuse, deceive, intimidate, or baffle.

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport.It is played by two teams with 11 players on each side. American football is played with a ball with pointed ends. Points are scored in many ways, usually by one team getting the ball into the end zone of the other team. The game started in the late 19th …

This is a list of English language words borrowed from indigenous languages of the Americas, either directly or through intermediate European languages such as Spanish or French.It does not cover names of ethnic groups or place names derived from indigenous languages. Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common names for indigenous flora …

The Spanish–American War was a war fought between Spain and the United States in 1898, partly because many people in Cuba, one of the last parts of the Spanish Empire, wanted to become independent.Many Americans also wanted their country to get a colonial empire.. Spain lost the sea war and so had to give up its colonies of Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and …

Overview. By definition, as a vernacular dialect of English, AAVE has not received the social prestige of a standard dialect, leading to widespread and long-standing misconceptions that it is a grammatically inferior form of English, which linguistics research of the twentieth century has refuted.However, educators and social commentators traditionally have advocated for …

Subject-verb agreement. In British English (BrE), collective nouns can take either singular (formal agreement) or plural (notional agreement) verb forms, according to whether the emphasis is on the body as a whole or on the individual members respectively; compare a committee was appointed with the committee were unable to agree.: 23 The term the Government always …