By Verbs, American English

Ville_maddengurl wrote:i want to give American accent up and learn English accent to talk more intelligible...is it OK now, MrP ..? I'm sorry, VM, you're going to have to speak much more slowly. In fragments. Without verbs. And say "er" and "um" and "right?" a lot. And add quite a few...

EDIT: the quoting feature doesn't seem to be working right now. I used "----" to represent quotes. -------------------------------------- I wish to know "Why 'have' is used after I instead of 'has'. ------------------------------------------ The verb to "have" comes from the Old English verb...

No, "rightly" isn't right at all. "Correctly" is okay in a different setting. "Please make sure you set the table correctly," for example, might be what you say to your child when she sets the table for dinner. I'm not sure I can come up with rules over which verbs seem to take "correctly" and...

Kooyeen wrote:Hi I know that in sentences like "What/All I want is/are two girls, two Ferrari and two million dollars" both is and are are used (but I perfer are). Now, what happens if I have a subject that is more specific than all or what? Examples: The best thing was/were those belly...

Hi I know that in sentences like "What/All I want is/are two girls, two Ferrari and two million dollars" both is and are are used (but I perfer are). Now, what happens if I have a subject that is more specific than all or what? Examples:The best thing was/were those belly dancers. I really liked...

Hi Quoc Have got is a two-word verb that means the same thing as have (when referring to possession -- see link). http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/grammar/archive/have_got.html This should not be confused with the present perfect tense of have (in British English). In American English...

Hey Tanit, yeah, "non ce la faro' mai" (It seems you know Italian ) You guessed right, I'm interested in the Italian verb "farcela" (non ce la faro' mai, ce l'ho fatta, puoi farcela...). The meaning is more or less "succeeding in doing something". I don't know if there's an usual way to say...

As Mr. M says, it's a matter of style. American style, for better for for worse (and most would agree it is often for the worse) is to ALWAYS place the period/full stop inside the quote marks. I am the one who had never heard of an ergative verb before I came to this site, but I'm also the one...

Yoong Liat wrote: 1. She walks as though she is drunk. 2. She walks as though she was drunk. 3. She walks as though she were drunk. What is the difference between the three sentences? I believe #2 and #3 have the same meaning. This website may be helpful in answering your...

Mr. Jones' progress (American English, frowned upon by some Brits)Mr Jones's progress (British, and used in the US as well)Mr Joneses' progress (correct if there are at least two men whose name is Jones)CheersCB