@WBYeats,
Quote:In this forum we are talking about standard English. But in dialects in the UK, HE/SHE can be used as object pronouns; HE DON'T KNOW is acceptable, etc.
That's not an example of HE being used as an object pronoun.
We also discuss a lot of nonstandard English, WB. It's vitally important to do that because that is the vast majority of most English speakers' language use. For ESLs to become truly fluent, it is more important to focus on many aspects of nonstandard English.
Nonstandard English is not bad or incorrect English, it is simply another register of English. Again, it is the English that most of us use in our daily lives and as such, it is by far thee most frequently used register of English. Standard English varies in different registers - newspaper/media; academic; fiction
[/quote]If there's such a substantial difference, in dialects in the UK and the US, is there any difference with standard English in articles/plural forms/prepositions?
For example, we just say Harvard/Harvard University in standard English, but in dialects in the UK and US, would people add THE before 'Harvard University'?
For example, we say ON FACEBOOK, in dialects would they say IN FACEBOOK?
For example, we say Merton College, never THE Merton College, in dialects would they say THE Merton College?[/quote]
There are some differences even between the major dialects AmE, BrE, AuE, CdE, NzE, GhE, etc.