1.8.2. Differences in the Noun and Pronoun

Collective nouns government, team, committee are singular in American English. American English has plural for accommodations, sports where British English has abstract and non-countable accommodation, sport. In British English they use fish – fishes, shrimp – shrimps but plural is impossible in American English. BrE has the plural overheads and maths where AmE has singular overhead, math. In American English committee, council correlate with the relative pronoun "which".

e.g. BrE the Committee who are considering….

AmE the Committee which is considering.

In Southern AmE "you all" and the possessive "you all's” is widespread. It denotes second person plural (y'all). Although such pronoun as youse has the relative acceptance of you all. Traditionally, AmE uses indefinite pronouns one on the first reference, but uses he / his / him as appropriate to continue the reference.

Let’s have a closer look at this example: e.g. One tends to find himself/herself in agreement in order to maintain his or her self-respect. American English speakers find the use of masculine form needlessly sexist. British usually use: oneself and one’s.

To identify oneself on the phone British say: speaking; Americans - this is he (him) or she (her).

AmE uses pronominal apposition which is the structure in which a pronoun is used in addition to a noun in the subject position:

e.g. My father, he made my breakfast.

This feature is found in practically all social groups of American speakers.