Ross Herbert wrote:

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:54:10 +1000, Franc Zabkar
wrote:

SNIP

or why Americans say "off of" when "off" will suffice.
:
:- Franc Zabkar


In the same vein, I hate the use of another "americanism"...

Quid pro quo, I am frustrated by the British (and Commenwealth?) usage
of company names as plural, as in 'Hewlett Packard _have_ good tech support"
instead of "Hewlett Packard _has_ good tech support". A 'company' is
a singular noun.

Michael