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Thanks for the replies. The reason I'm searching for such a dictionary is because as a non-native speaker, I tend to know more and use the more formal words in conversation, which, as I gather from a native speaker, would sound strange to him. For example, I would use 'tolerate' instead of 'put...

JTT: I'm back. As Jim mentioned in my absence, either would be okay. But what he didn't mention is that there are reasons we choose one or the other. Yoshi, the first thing you're going to have to re-learn is that the old "rule" you were taught was wrong, wrong, wrong. There are many old...

JTT: "The possibility started yesterday. It therefore started in the past." But it has not come to fruition. It can have no past tense because nothing has past, ie. nothing has finished. How curious. A possibility has no past? Maybe I misremembered the conversation with Casi: ...

About your question: 'What about Social Security?' came so naturally that I did not notice. It is however, a recognized form-- an irregular wh-question used mainly in conversation, fragmentary and used as a directive. There has been ellipsis of some words, including the verb: 'what (have you...

Hello Andrei and Casi I hope you don’t mind if I answer both of you at the same time. First, to Andrei: Casi has quite rightly mentioned an oversight in my previous answer. The forms of which these are examples are often found, especially in conversation: 1. ‘Peter was searched...

Some people are more adept at inserting proverbs and sayings appropriately into their conversation than others are. Such adages are often effective in communicating an opinion, but they should not be overused, or they quickly become boring. Using one once a day is sufficient. I like 'The...

Hello, Mr Pedantic. May I call you Mr P? Of course you may, JTT. {Please don't ever take my direct manner in these discussions as any type of personal attack. I only want to address the facts. If I believe you or anyone to be in err, I'll plainly say so and I hope you and others...

I've tried to find my way through the maze of our past conversation here, Hela, and I see that I have made at least one obvious mistake, and that you were correct in part of your original assumption. I have reviewed my understanding of the Subjunctive Mood, and this sentence-- 'If I caught you, I...

'Talk of', 'talk about', 'accuse of'-- they are all fixed phrases, VC, in that, as with many verbs, they take certain particles to convey certain meanings. 'Talk of' and 'talk about' are often used interchangeably, and can carry the same meaning; but in other situations, they are...

If you need a detailed description for American English, here's something I came across in some old notes of mine. It's got some exercises at the end too! The phonetic transcriptions aren't really anything standard, but I think you can figure them out. Past tense of Regular Verbs Phonetic...