 Grammatical differences between informal spoken Quebec French and the formal language abound.Some of these, such as omission of the negative particle "ne", are also present in the informal language of speakers of standard European French, while other features, such as use of the interrogative particle "-tu", are either peculiar to Quebec or Canadian French or restricted to nonstandard varieties of European French.While the overwhelming majority of lexical items in Quebec French exist in other dialects of French, many words and expressions are unique to Quebec, much like some are specific to American and British varieties of English.