By Verbs, British English

Hello Brooke This thread has become a little confusing. So just to summarise what others have said: 1. The doctor suggested that she not smoke. As Katsu and Yulysses have suggested, this is a subjunctive construction. We can make it clearer by omitting the 'not': 1. The cigarette-vendor...

Hmm.. Luigio, you are right! It IS spelt like that in other countries! Well done!!! There's a big BIG world out there to explore, and rather a lot more countries use British English than use American. This is what askoxford.com has to...

Hello Mr Micawber Thank you for the comment. I'm really fascinated by this usage of adverbs. I know some prepositional phrases can post-modify nouns the way like "dinner on Christmas eve", "Japan in the years from 2002 to 2004" or "rooms in the hotel", but I didn't know we can use adverbial...

1. Verbs which end in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel in a stressed syllable double the final consonant. wed - wedding - wedded hop - hopping - hopped occur - occurring - occurred Note: The 'c' is not doubled. Double 'c' is written as 'ck' instead, regardless of the stress pattern...

Hi Xcats, This is related to the spelling of the past tense forms of regular verbs; it also applies to the "ing" form. spelling of regular affirmative past tense forms Most regular verbs: add -ed work —worked help —helped start — started rain —rained stay —stayed show — showed wonder...

I just got my Swan back from a friend and here's what he has to say about these group words. -------------------------------------------------- Michael Swan; Practical English Usage: 503 1 groups of people In British English, singular words like family, team, government, which refer to groups...

Hi Praveen, In British English, practise in the verb; practice is the noun. American English makes no such distinction. Hope this helps PS What does "our practise" refer to?

Uh, no offense but their are a whole lot of misconceptions about American English in this thread. The "fag" thing has already been pointed out, so I'll let that one be. "The main difference between British English and American English is that in the former there is perfect grammar even in the...

The BBI is my Favourite (capital F). It doesn't list all the prepositions but it is extremely useful for ESL speakers because it tells you how to combine nouns with adjectives and how verbs are used (it gives 19 valency categories of verbs). It also gives the most common word combinations, as...

Re: The tenseless modals verbs of English Posted: 13/02/2005 09:52 PM JTT wrote: Every modal verb in English can operate in past, present and future situations. Modals carry modal meaning into sentences, they do not carry tense. "operate", yes. I agree. Both statements are true. I trust...