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Mister Micawber,Thank you for the reply. The All-Purpose Dictionary of English Phrasal Verbs, published by Asahi Press, says that the usage is common in British English. However, the Longman Dictionary doesn't say so. Neither does the Oxford Dictionary.

Many ESL grammar books require learners to convert active sentences to passive ones. If the book was well-written, the active sentences will be appropriate for conversion to passive ones. Unfortunately, there are plenty of grammar books and exercises that are not terribly well-written. Such...

Yes, indeed it is! from Cambridge Dictionaries:"sit: to take an examination:After I've sat my exams, I'm going on holiday."As for resit, it's both a verb and a noun in the UK. In my Uni, those who didn't pass their exams were given another chance in August, so they had...

Frankly, I prefer British English rather than American English. In my point of view, the former one is formal and traditional. The latter one contains lots of proverb that has enormous local color. Besides, I don’t like the conversation speed either, it is too fast. Therefore, I would choose...

Hi Awence,yes, you can say "a drug", or "several drugs". With plurals you use a plural verb in those kinds of structures:Some of the drugs are dangerous. One half of the drugs are dangerous. Fifty percent of the drugs are dangerous. MrP's example was different... It shows...

Hi StenkaPeople may say what you have written in casual speech but them is not good English in this context. Put things/items in order would be better. In British English it is very common to use a plural pronoun or verb to refer to a whole that consists of many people even though the actual...

Hi Avangi This is what I posted earlier in the same thread: To my ear, "I'm not a native or a teacher" is better than "I'm not a native nor a teacher." ( I remember reading that the latter is also correct. ) Your sentence: I'm not a native, nor am I a teacher. ...

Good afternoon. I'm not an English native speaker.When is it possible to use inverted forms such as "did I / can I / have I" in affirmative clauses?I've noticed that it is possible (and sounds pretty British English) after "only" both as adverb and as conjunction. Is...

Smelt is an alternative to smelled and is preferable, though not obligatory, in British English. At the end of the day, the sound difference is only between and . The verbs that follow a this pattern of having regular / irregular alternatives with this t/d sound ending are: infinitive ...

I would have used the plural for both verbs. I was told people say "A group of children are playing", not "is playing".I think "group" is a collective noun, and in American English it's singular: "The team is ready". In British English you might hear "The team are ready", but not in AmE.But when...