Manners or etiquette are the rules of society and different societies have different manners. For example, in Great Britain, parts of Canada and several European countries, it is customary to hold the knife in the right hand and use it to push food around the plate and onto the fork. This is called the "Continental style" While the "American Style" of table manners prohibits pushing food onto the fork with a knife. In general, European-based cultures have similar rules of etiquette Asian and Arab cultures tend to be different from Western cultures in their manners.