American pronunciation of English is different from the British. Disputed usage: The American pronunciation of English is different to the British. Disputed usage: The American pronunciation of English is different than the British. disinterested – Standard usage is as a word for "unbiased," but some have also rendered it synonymous with "uninterested". Undisputed usage: As their mutual best friend, I tried to remain disinterested in their argument so as not to anger either. Disputed usage: The key to attracting a member of the opposite sex is to balance between giving attention to him or her and appearing disinterested. due to – The adjectival use of due to is undisputed. Its adverbial use, however, has been a subject of dispute for many years, as witnessed by several (especially U.S.) dictionary usage notes that in the end designate it as "standard." William Strunk, in his Elements of Style, labelled the disputed adverbial use of due to as "incorrect." Although the first (1926) edition of Fowler condemned the adverbial use as "common ... only ... among the illiterate", the third (1996) edition said, "Opinion remains sharply divided, but it begins to look as if this use of due to will form part of the natural language of the 21C., as one more example of a forgotten battle." Due to is frequently used in place of by, from, for, with, of, because of, and other prepositions and prepositional phrases. Undisputed synonyms for due to are caused by and attributable to. Disputed usage: He died due to cancer. (He died of cancer.) Disputed usage: Due to the end of the Second War, circumstances altered profoundly. (With the end of the Second War, circumstances altered profoundly.) Undisputed usage: His death was due to cancer. Undisputed usage: Many thought the problem was due to mismanagement. E enormity – Frequently used as a synonym for "enormousness" or "immensity", but traditionally means "extreme wickedness". According to AHD4, this distinction has not always occurred historically, but is now supported by 59% of the dictionary's Usage Panel. COD11 states that enormity as a synonym for hugeness "is now broadly accepted as standard English." Although Chambers lists "immenseness or vastness" as a meaning, it says it "should not be used" in that sense, commenting that it is encountered often because the word enormousness is "awkward"; it recommends using instead another word, such as hugeness, greatness, etc. Disputed usage: The enormity of the