In Verbs^x, American English^x

The talks on the Linguists Forum are preserved in a Japanese site. Q) Hello, I'm a graduate student at a university in Japan. In English class at Japanese high schools, students were told to put "the" before the name of musical instrument. But I often come across musical instruments without...

Your questions: (1) Is it really accepted as a slang in the US or in other English-speaking countries? Comments: The answer is both "Yes" and "No." The answer is "Yes" because "I'm loving it" and even "I'm liking it" are becoming very commonly used in American English. If you do a Websearch for...

MrPedantic wrote: Well, I suppose you could refer to the Columbia Guide to Standard American English, which explains that "anytime" is an adverb, and therefore (as Pieanne has mentioned) can't be used in every context where "any time" functions as adjective + noun: anytime...

Well, I suppose you could refer to the Columbia Guide to Standard American English, which explains that "anytime" is an adverb, and therefore (as Pieanne has mentioned) can't be used in every context where "any time" functions as adjective + noun: anytime (adv.) is an Americanism usually...

Greetings Folks, Question: Does Canadian English use the same grammatical rules on institutions as British English, or does it lean towards the American version? I am referring specifically to concepts like "government" being seen in British English as a group of people but in...

Merriam-Webster barely distinguishes these two words, either in their verb or noun forms, and gives symbols for neither. So I'm unsure what we're talking about. E-mail address terminology? Right here in the 'Post Message' box, we have the symbol " U ", (which states "underline" when one...

Hello Pastel and Khoff A grammar site online says as follows. The verb like As a verb, like is used to talk about enjoyment and preferences. In British English, it is usual to use like + 'ing' to say what we enjoy, and like + infinitive to say what we prefer. In American English, like +...

The first sentence is correct, the second needs another verb: "I have never eaten breakfast" or "I have never had breakfast". I haven't heard the third used in American English, but we have a few minor dialects, so it might be used outside California.

Hello, I´m interested in using the indefinite article with the word "breakfast" and the position of the verb of frequency (in this sentence - never) with "to have breakfast"). I have this sentence. What is possible?: 1) I never have breakfast. 2) I have never breakfast. 3) I never...

For American English: If you say you still haven't got the books, you're saying you still don't have them. If you say you still haven't gotten the books, you're saying you still haven't received them (from whoever is going to deliver them). They are very similar. It may not make a...