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Hi speaking about North American English what are the terms that are usually used along with parenthesis or parentheses I ll give you some examples so you ll be able to better understand what I mean Usual name of and Is it open close parenthesis I wonder why close and not closed Maybe because...

Hi speaking about North American English what are the terms that are usually used along with parenthesis or parentheses I ll give you some examples so you ll be able to better understand what I mean Usual name of and Is it open close parenthesis I wonder why close and not closed What to say when...

In American English should an appositive used in a clause which has auxiliaries be placed after the auxiliary and not the subject of the verb We are both very happy to see you The boys had all been looking forward to seeing the circus

In American English should an appositive used in a clause which has auxiliaries be placed after the auxiliary and not the subject of the verb We are both very happy to see you The boys had all been looking forward to seeing the circus GB

Hi speaking about American English is there any difference between 1 Do you play any sports or I used to play some sports 2 Do you do any sports or I used to do some sports I am confused because for example you can play football but you can t play cycling or swimming So sentences no 2 should be...

American English has many phrasal verbs or verbs with preposition Therefore we have slice with attend to and break into Slice with is not a true phrasal verb since with is an optional preposition We use the knife to slice the bread gt We use the knife to slice the bread with gt is rather...

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 definite grey areas...

I m not familiar with MLB In American English it is very common to omit the t when it follows a stressed syllable ending in n and precedes an unstressed syllable beginning with a vowel winter and winner are indistinguishable The absence of the t sound here is not an aspirated t as you seem to...

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 spelt spelled you can use either in...

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 forefront of fashion I think the problem...