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I have trouble figuring out why 'grammar experts' get the blame for these. There are a number of reasons why people might disagree over these usages: colloquial vs written, American vs British, PC vs non-PC, prescriptivism vs descriptivism, and even one or two examples where there are...

Hello Anon I would accept both versions: 1. I spelt "grammar" wrong. ] "Wrong" acts as an object complement, and modifies "grammar" , i.e. the word "grammar" is wrong. 2. I spelt "grammar" wrongly. ] "Wrongly" is an adverb, and modifies "spelt", i.e. the manner of spelling is wrong. As for...

I do not know if the category fits, in case it does not feel free to move the thread. Could someone please sum up the major differenses between US english and UK english and other englises, and I am not talking pronuncation. I am talking spelling of word, diffrent words for the same thing, and...

1. Susan is a girl eleven years old. Sounds fine in a narrative style, or perhaps for a voice over in a documentary, but not natural in everyday speech 2. Used they to take a walk after dinner? Definitely not standard modern English. 3. Italy, who has been in the...

CalifJim wrote:I"ve never heard /fai 'naens/, but I've heard /fi 'naens/. I hear the first more than any other. CJ Yeah, I wasn't paying attention to the spelling, only the location of the stress. I meant that I've heard both /'fai naens/ and /fi 'naens/ used for the verb and noun forms, as...

Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993.expatriate (adj., n., v.), expatriot (n.) Expatriate is the Standard spelling of the noun meaning "someone either excluded from or self-exiled from the native land," and the adjective is spelled and pronounced the...

You're in the right place! It's not a regional thing. The pronunciation of the pluralizing "s" is standard throughout the English-speaking world. The sound of the "s", as you point out, can be a true "s" sound or a "z" sound. And the only thing you need to know is which sound...

Hello Anon (MN?) and YoHF, YoHF’s re-draft is excellent, with a very good style. You should try and follow the style and rhythm of the English. In case you look at it too closely, there are a couple of minor errors in it which I show below. As no-one else has replied to you regarding your...

Anonymous wrote:hello,I have to look at a bit of language and label or name the parts of speech, for school. Can some one check that this is ok pleae?"It was pandemonium almost as soon as the roadworks went up."Subject Pronoun (it) / verb (past simple of be) (was) / noun (pandemonium) /...

hello, I have to look at a bit of language and label or name the parts of speech, for school. Can some one check that this is ok pleae? "It was pandemonium almost as soon as the roadworks went up." Subject Pronoun (it) / verb (past simple of be) (was) / noun (pandemonium) / adjective...