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backward (adjective) backwards, backward (adverb) Examples Adjective: He gave me a backward look. (Test: What kind of look?) Adverb: You put your shirt on backwards ~ You put your shirt on backward. (Test: How?) In North American English, backward (adv.) is the more preferred. In...

From Merriam Webster's : AIN'T Etymology: contraction of are not 1 : am not : are not : is not 2 : have not : has not 3 : do not : does not : did not -- used in some varieties of Black English Usage: Although widely disapproved as nonstandard and more common in the habitual speech of...

1. "Worse" is the comparative of "bad" while "worst" is the superlative. bad-worse-the worst His new movie is worse than his last. Your cooking is getting worse! (compared to before) Among his movies, the newest one is the worst. This is the worst of all! 2. I'm reproducing...

The verb "get" came from the Old North "geta" and the verb inflected like; geta - gat - getten. The past participle "getten" or "gotten" (a new variant of "getten" generated by vowel shift) had been used down to the 16th century. However, during the 17th century, the past tense form "got"...

You are quite definitely right. British Coal is a firm and as such is singular so obviously the verb should be singular. You should always use a singular verb with a collective noun. No-one would dream of writing The Bank of England are increasing the rate of interest. At least, I hope no-one...

ElaMiNaTo, Since Cobuild says it's okay to use either a singular or plural verb with collective nouns then it must be ok. But I've never encountered any American who used a plural verb with a collective noun, not even in a sporting context. I may be wrong but I think Cobuild uses British...

Usage is the only factor that makes for correctness. A grammar book is a collection of rules for how to speak and write the way most educated people are speaking and writing at any given point in time. People speak and write English differently in different places and at different times. ...

Hi Hanuman (1) He is very fast. (2) He is quite fast. Both of 'very' and 'quite' are degree adverbs. But the positive intensity is different between them. 'Quite' is weaker than 'very'. I think in British English 'quite' works as a weak intensifier but in American English it works rather...

to David Thanks for your answer as well. I am from Spain "a way of speaking English which is understood by all is what we should all be aiming at" Unfortunately, it may be quite difficult. Other than each English speaking country has their own English - American English, British...

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