I don't fully understand what a contraction is. So if I put an 's, 'll, 'd, 've, etc after any word does it make it a contraction? Only in spoken English. But in written English, some contractions are not usually written that

I learned I had to say "I don't like IT when he sleeps on the sofa", but I suspect some people might not include it. It's weird. But I swear I've come across stuff like "I hate when you act like this" on more than

You definitely would not use "that" if you are referring to something that you know is fact. Hi, was there a mistake there? Did you mean "You definitely would not use IF"? Well, what I was saying is that I suspected that

Hi: I seldom, if ever use "ain't." I use it only in circumstances when I am deliberately chosing to epeak in a "slang" language. The general frequency of usage in conversation is highly dependent on the local dialect and

Ok, thanks for that MM, when you say South London, does that mean that North London dialect differs substantially from that and how exactly? Best regards Ivan

South London, but "The Only Fools characters speak in a special language, some of which is Cockney Rhyming slang and some of which are pure inventions sprung from the mind of Derek Trotter. From time to time Del also employs some unique foreign

Very interesting. Phonemes helped me a lot, but if I had known the expression "un" I might have understood correctly. From Longman: (BrE spoken) a short form of 'one', used to say that someone or something is good, bad etc. As

Hi, Which dialect do they speak in Only fools and horses? Best regards Ivan

American-English was British-English, except that it was altered significantly by all of the various influences (immigrants/languages from other countries) that learned to speak it in America. Everyone in the UK knows how to communicate in English

Hey, MrTom, LOL! You know I don't understand everything either (and especially if it's not the dialect I'm used to), so I just understand from the context. I tried listening to these pieces several times as an excercise, and here