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From: bob@vaxwaller.UUCP (Bob Palin)
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Subject: Re: Use of THE - US vs Eng
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Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 13:17:19 EST
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> Another interesting difference is the indirect object.
> 	"Give it me" is good British but poor American usage.
> 
> --Lee Gold

That certainly is not good British usage,  it is probably a Northern usage
but would not normally be used in the South.

Bob Palin of Luton, Beds.