Step 1 : Introduction to the question "9. Whereas in England the English draw their curtains, in the U.S.A. (many) Americans draw their __________. What word completes the previous sentence correctly?"
...1. drapery 2. curtain cloths 3. hanging cloths 4. drapes In American and Australian usage drapes are curtains made with thick cloth. Drapery is a collective noun for goods such as cloth and curtains,and does not suit the context here. In British usage the term curtains might be used for thick, as well as for thin curtains. Of course there are plenty of AE speakers who use the term curtains for whichever type of curtain, 'thick' or 'thin'.
