Only correct in the US?
What else counts? We don't at all mind confusing uppity foreigners.
Particularly those who accuse us of abusing "their" language.
Linguists say the closest language to ours is not that of England, but of Australia. I hold that is because both derive from the same criminal ancestry. Americans got out before the police came, Australians after.
John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence so large because he owed considerable money to the British crown and wanted King George to be able see he had a bad debt on his hands "without his spectacles".
