Grammar and Punctuation

The language differences continue in terms of grammar and punctuation.  Look at the list below--taken from an essay entitled "American VS British English" from The Department of Translation Studies, University of Tampere at http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/REF/us1refs.html

1.  (U.S.)   Finnair has a flight to London today.      (G.B.)   Finnair has/have a flight to London today. 2.  (U.S.)   England played well today, even if it lost.      (G.B.)   England have played well today, even if they lost. 3.   (G.B.)   The Government are acting like themselves again. 4.  (U.S.)   Have you gotten your grade in history yet?      (G.B.)   Have you got your grade in history yet? 5.  (U.S.)   He was in a course.  How many were in the course?      (G.B.)  He was on a course.  How many were on the course? 6.  (U.S.)   He's in the hospital with a broken leg.      (G.B.)   He's in hospital with a broken leg.

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Anthony Hughes' British grammar web site.