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According to Wikipedia, Scottish Gaelic is not English, so...

In American English, both are considered correct. In fact, "beat" seems to be more popular than "beaten" in common conversational English. , ,'res','1','','0CAcQFjAA')"

Thank you, Grammar Geek! Is there a rule that you know of to use for guidance? As a native English speaker one does not always know what the rules are but is there one in this case that I can quote to the teacher?

Thanks! This is great forum. I get answers to my questions quickly! And how about the pronunciation of Ms?

Hi Louise, and welcome to English Forums. You are 100% right. Girls' sounds like girl's which sounds like girls, which sounds like "girlz" -- one syllable. He deserves his 10.

My 12 year old son, a native English speaker, goes to school in Spain where we have lived since he was four. He has just come back from school with a 9 out of 10 in an English exam. He was marked down on the oral exam for pronouncing ¨girls´¨

The link from MrM is very useful. As a simple explanation for the beginning student, I recommend that one use when with the simple past and while with the past continuous. This is an oversimplification, but exposure to native writing and

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When 'might' is not used as the past of 'may' in reported speech and similar tense regressions, there is no difference. In particular, there is no difference in probability.