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You have been given two good answers. May I just add that the on in on Sunday is more often omitted in American English than British English. Actually, there are quite a number of cases in which the preposition is optional. A couple of examples:
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cool breeze
227 days ago
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- You can't imagine what a terrible week we had. - You can imagine how angry I was! Hi Kooyeen Generally speaking, those sentences are also fine in American English. However, using them as a way to start off a postcard and introduce a
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yankee
228 days ago
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Hi Zazzex The following should enable to understand Mr Wordy's reply. Please note that in
British English, it should be:
There is a cat and a dog.
Below is the information extracted from two books on English usage. The first
book
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yoong liat
228 days ago
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Practise is the British English convention, Practice is American English. Just have it conform to whatever language you are using.
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Do not use "u" for "you" except when reducing the number of letters typed is of paramount importance.
The word "I" is always capitalised.
" I asked you for your number because I thought we were
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mr wordy
229 days ago
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if you don't pronounce them as slight D's you are not speaking American English. Very true. CJ
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califjim
231 days ago
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No, it has nothing to do with slang. Pronouncing those T's ad slight D's is standard and expected in American English. I might go as far as to say that if you don't pronounce them as slight D's you are not speaking American
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yankee
231 days ago
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Hello brother .It's amatter of slang accent .of course the original one is wa-ter .But in slang the Americans tend to say wa-der or wa-rer No, it has nothing to do with slang. Pronouncing those T's ad slight D's is standard and
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kooyeen
231 days ago
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i AM SIGI.
I saw advertisement in Dailies of diff countries like this .We need "Native English Speakers for teachimg".My doubt is who are the Native Speakers and i belive only British people are Native Speakers, because
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Danny-K,
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Number 3 is incorrect because "are an example" mixes plural and singular.
I remember seeing many native American English speaker using something like this. Even I found it a bit weird initially
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musicgold
235 days ago
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