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quote user Yankee Depending on the personalities and experience of the teachers involved that s probably the most likely time that someone might just blurt out So and so said such and such incorrectly don t you think quote I think my problem is watching too much Masterpiece Theatre I m so used...

Written Formula for Ending a Letter British English Informal personal to close friends and family With loveBest wishesSemi formal informal emails notes business memos Kind regardsBest regardsRegardsFormal letters Yours sincerelyUse when you know the addressee by name Dear John Dear Mr Smith You...

In British English no they are always pronounced with the r and any examples where this is not the case are probably where the speaker is just contracted the word missing out both the middle letters

This has referance to your letter dated xyz As discussed with Mr ABC I am sending herewith a cheque of Rs 111 in favour of XYZ which is the amount credited in my account by mistake Please clear my settlement please settle my account and provide me with the clearence certificate This has In...

Actually you will find that learnt is not from a lazy spoken word it is the original British English way to say the word However more and more US English is creeping into the English British language Oxford English Dictionary was checked for this

To give a British English alternative to this you can say i Lena s favourite game is playing on the slide ii They like to play on the swing s slide and other things in the playground

Yes they are correct in British English US stress doesn t always follow British stress but I would have thought so here By the way the standard way to show stress is an acute accent over the vowel Pórtugal América Gérmany etcétera

There s nothing wrong with If he didn t know what to do he would have asked us nor with If he didn t know what do do he should have asked us but they mean different things in British English at least The first using would is a statement of fact of what happened whereas the second using should is...

As is the case with British English whether an American uses the simple present or the present perfect often simply depends on how the speaker is viewing a past activity That said when either tense is possible according to the usual rules I think there is a noticeable tendency for Americans to...

Small and little are both adjectives We use small to talk about the size of something Your cat is very small Can I have two small pizzas please We can use little to refer to size but we usually use it with another adjective to express an emotion You re a silly little boy Nobody s looking after...