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The idiom is have got in both American and British English It is a purely idiomatic alternate for have and is not much used except in the present tense That is have got is the present tense of this idiom even though get is the present tense form of to get and the past is got This is because have...

But the word practise only exists in British English If the student is learning American English only practice will do for both noun and verb My American Heritage Dictionary does not even have an entry for practise

In American English the endings ing and ed are added directly to words like travel and worship without doubling the final consonant The final consonant is doubled before adding the ending in British English American dictionaries often give both variants undoubled first since the user of such a...

I ll address those as quickly as possible Yes I m Welsh I completed my first degree in England but now I m back in Wales for my Doctorate Sounds very grand but as you know it s only like crossing State Lines in the US The only place I ve ever been to I d even consider leaving Wales for is NYC I...

My family is spending its vacation in the east I know that here is a difference between American and British English as family is understood either as a collective noun seen as ONE group so verbs and possessive pronouns occur in singular My family is spending ITS vacation in the east Or Family...

The parking lot can park a lot of cars Your focus on can is throwing you off the track The problem lies with the verb park park is the verb which requires an animate agent not can A parking lot car park in British English cannot move the car into a parking space That is why it sounds weird The...

This is basically the difference between American and British English British generally use collective nouns such as team company committee etc with plural form of verb whereas it is not so in American English I presume both are correct also it depends on the kind of Language being used

Your assessment for 1 seems pretty bang on I m not sure about the British English part as I m Canadian but I imagine it s the same For 2 to have actually does mean to possess just not in terms of possessing something physical I haven t got any or I don t have any are both good options haven t isn...

1 I have a pen 2 I have my good reasons for that 3 I have to go there I m often in doubt about how to put in the interrogative and negative forms the verb to have The easiest case is when to have is used as an auxiliary verb I have I ve gone to Paris Have you gone to P I have not haven t gone to...