public school; language attitudes

[Lynne Murphy]

Nancy Elliot asked:
>
> I have two queries for the UK su(b)scribers from my students:
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>
>
> 1. If U.S. 'private school' is  U.K. 'public school,' then what do you call
> a public school in the U.K.?


i believe it's a state school.



>
> 2. What do British English speakers think when they hear someone use
> American syntax in "Do you have any....?" and "I don't have any..."?

i have no idea what the answer to this might be.

lynne