You own message has an example of Euro-English - 'within the next years'. I would say 'within the next few years'. There is no sensible grammatical reason for including 'few', it's just 'what people say'.
I actually wrote a document on this subject many years ago, although it was not widely circulated. I have attached it.
Best wishes John Woodgate OOO-Own Opinions Only J M Woodgate and Associates www.woodjohn.uk Rayleigh, Essex UK On 2019-08-23 09:16, Gert Gremmen wrote:
Hi John (et al),I noticed with quite interest your statement on the Euro-English; do you think that is where it shall go within the next years, eventually ?I'd appreciate if you would provide us with other (many please) examples of -factually wrong- but common phrases as found in EU language, be it legal text or standards text.As a not-native speaker these alterations of the "offcial British Enlish" go noticed for me (but for some), and i think it is important to have a list of these available. In my current job at the EU i encounter all kind of non-native speaker created English language constructions, not always fully in error, and if one wants can understood as meant, but do create confusions in some cases.So please, all UK and of course all US native speakers, use your Friday spare time and let us all know what you have found, if possible with some explanation, if not evident.I will create a list and re-publish for the use of all..... Thanks Gert Gremmen On 23-8-2019 9:40, John Woodgate wrote:Two points: * EN standards are not 'European Norms', which were/are a very old set of standards to do with the Coal and Steel Community, a forerunner of the EU. ENs are 'European Standards'. * Nominally, 'British English' is used, but since no-one knows exactly what that is, few people bother. There is also 'Euro-English', which has a few word-forms that are not used by British English native speakers (e.g. 'within the next days', different meanings of 'respectively' and 'eventually'). Best wishes John Woodgate OOO-Own Opinions Only J M Woodgate and Associateswww.woodjohn.uk Rayleigh, Essex UK
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