Here's where the original sentence would be correct as is. ... card got stolen, I need to notify my card company. To make it decent American English, it would have to be "If my credit card *was* stolen", otherwise that should be

"Skitt" (Email Removed) wrote on 10 Nov 2003: Here's where the original sentence would be correct as is. Policeman on the phone: Sir, we have found your wallet. ... it? P: Why do you ask? M: If my credit card got stolen, I need to

Hello, I may be mistaken, but I thought Claire Danes, an American actress, was trying to imitate British accent in the film "Les Misarable." If I'm correct, I wonder why she should. The movie is based on the French novel of the same

Both are correct however 'learned' is typically American English while 'learnt' is used in British English.

I think that the German is more logical; why should we using the dative case in our example? Strictly speaking English has no dative, only an accusative form that is only noticeable with certain pronouns. I suspect tha ... literacy the language

Thanks Ryan. Dorothy, you should remember that there are many types of English from around the world, not just what you learn in your own country. There are many times where I have learnt that there are ways of saying things that at first don't

I learned that "have" is the only form in American English while you can use both "have" and "have got" in British English, here the latter is preferred. British English uses the "have got" form more often because it makes it unnecessary to

I think this was discussed in another thread here in EF ? I'd like to know once and for all if it happens the same with British English/American English and Spanish of Spain and Spanish of America. There are two things: the correct use of the

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r in In Standard British English the "r" at the end of ... sure a Google search will reveal that without any difficulty. Three 'teh's in one post. Is this a record? No, I've managed on occasion to do twenty in one post - it