In Verbs^x, British English^x

Yes you are right this is a matter of British and American English In American English the forms usually are get infinitive got past tense gotten past participle while in British they are get infinitive got past tense got past participle The inappropriate use you are referring to is certainly the...

Well both or neither really because rules governing punctuation aren t really rules in the sense that rules govening nouns verbs and adjectives are rules Punctuation rules vary considerably often from publisher to publisher or from newspaper to newspaper I can tell you that QUESTION MARKS and...

Mirapence your help is just priceless I m really sorry for having given you so much labour I defiinitely overdid I am however very thankful for your explanation After this injection of knowledge you gave me I decided go on phrases and hope to get through them with your help I Phrases...

In another thread Prepositions Chameleon made reference to the difference between different from and different to For what it s worth here s my take on it DIFFERENT FROM is correct All else is less correct Here s why Why is different from correct Okay let s start with some logical reasoning See...

The first thing to note is the spelling the correct spelling is a c c u s a t i v e Another thing to note is that the term often employed to identify the case of words like him her and whom is Objective rather than Accusative which is misleading in a simplified grammar like English s Unlike...

Here is some advice on the use of got and gotten Got is the past tense and past participle of get You use have got to say that someone has a particular thing or to mention a quality or characteristic that someone or something has I ve got a coat just like this She hasn t got a work permit Have...

When we talk about comparison between people things or actions we can use as or like depending on the structure Like is a preposition which should be followed by a noun or a pronoun Example I m not _like_ my brother As is a conjunction which should be followed by a clause subject verb Example He...

In a title you should capitalise every word except pronouns except when it s I or at the beginning of the sentence verbs preposistions and conjunctions Therefore in your example you only need to capitalise the M in major by the way the way I spelt Capitalise is not a mistake it s without z and...

Another sore point is whether the verbs to burn and to learn are regular or not Most students use them as regular verbs Yesterday I learned how to ride a bicycle Last year I burned my hand In British English both are considered irregular therefore burn burnt and learn learnt

which makes Mallorca the perfect place to study Spanish On the same note I believe that the English spoken in Malta is far more understandable than most British regional dialects I ve lived in Geordie England Newcastle and living there is like living on another planet when it comes to...