1) One has to work hard to realise one's goal. (BrE) Hi Yoong Liat You seem to like labeling things as BE or AmE, however in my opinion, your labels are often very misleading. Labeling something as BE suggests that it is not used in AmE, and

I agree with Philip the use of "one" tends to sound stuffy in many contexts, but that doesn't mean it always does, and that also doesn't mean that "one is not used in AmE. It seems to me that "one" has a much more

Hi, 'One' is not commonly used in the USA. Here in Canada it's not uncommon, at least among Canadians with a British background, and I'd say it's an indicator of educated speech. Best wishes, Clive I wish we had

Welcome to English Forums! "Good" is an adjective. You need an adverb to modify "draw." It should be, "I still did not draw too well ." "Your" is a possessive pronoun. Your sentence needs

can you help analyze the structure of this sentence? I cannot understand its grammatical structure. inspect one's way?? what's that? Beth Levin ( English Verb Classes and Alternations ) classifies it as the X's way construction.

if I applied Finnish grammar to English. I promise never to apply English's grammar to Finnish. CJ

I would not use the 's in any of those listed above. Nor would I use the "of" construction. That's an instructive point, Jim! The genitive is used far more frequently in some languages than it is in English. As a result, some

Is it true that when it comes to inanimate objects, it is wrong to use " 's " and should always be "of" structure instead? No. The car's door. The monitor's screen. Here is a link to a blog entry that has thorough

I would have expected '..of the customer's using it' Yeah, very many people do not bother with the possessive in cases like this. Some deliberately avoid it because they think it looks pedantic, but the majority are blissfully

Alex: Here's a bit more explaination on Mr. M's valour Your speaking German is cute. Speaking is a gerund, and the subject (singular) in the sentence. Your can be interpreted as either the subject of the gerund, or the possessive