In British English^x, Prepositions^x

I only know the in forms of them. Maybe again it is that American/British English difference.

Hello Hamoody, Welcome to the forum. I think people were a little bit daunted by the number of questions here, you might get more response if you ask everything separately. let's start with days, months and year. on a day (on Wednesday) but in a month or year (in September, in 1987). i am on...

I believe that for is always optional when we are speaking of exams, New2. British English usually omits the preposition, though.

Wow, what a lot of nonesense.Is American English simply lazy English with disregard for the fundamentals of the language, or is it a valid simplification of an overly complex and irregular language?Huh? What are you talking about? I was hoping nobody would ask, but since you did, I much...

The use of prepositions in English can be very confusing and, in fact, there is even disagreement among native English speakers as to which prepositions are the best to use at different times! (Americans say “on the weekend”, for example, whereas the English say “at the weekend”.) When I first...

Yes, accent aside, it's hard to imagine not understanding a British English speaker. (Some of those folks from the Scottish highlands can be a bit tough for me to make out, accent-wise, and I expect a deep Cajun accent would be hard for a Brit to make out.) Someone who didn't realize she was...

I agree that "round" is often used as a preposition in British English, but this is nonetheless incorrect. The word "around" is a preposition, but "round" is an adjective (or it can be a noun, e.g. a round of golf or a round of voting). It should never be used as a preposition. For example,...

I would say that in British English you cannot drop the preposition.

Seyfihoca wrote:These two prepositions are interchangeable in meaning, but among is far more frequent in American English; for some, amongst has a rather dusty-genteel quality. It occurs far more often in British English. confirmed by Garner, Modern American Usage, p. 42

ok, so to sum up: If I moved from one country to another, the process would be: 1- I left for France. OR 2- I went to France. WHEREAS: > 'I went for France' means 'I chose France', not necessarily already have traveled there. > 'I left to France' is not correct in British...