Posted by Brad H on January 02, 2007 at 03:38:15 from 132.181.5.153 user REGY102.
In Reply to: Re: Grammar posted by Owen Roberts on January 01, 2007 at 11:36:20:
Fair enough Owen. However, it seems a little bit tricky to actually specify just what "Britain" is. I know what "Great Britain" is, also "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" and also "The British Isles" but just plain unadorned "Britain" - not so sure.
Great Britain - the big rightmost of those two islands;
UK of ... - the rightmost plus the top bit of the left one;
Brit Isles - The rightmost plus all of the left one.
Britain - ???
Perhaps you can elucidate for a struggling 'colonial'.