In British English^x, Verbs^x

Hi Stenka People 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...

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...

An apostrophe would be used if the author wants to indicate that the dialects are the American English's possessions . However, the author may be using American/British English as adjectives. In your sentence "This kind of sentences always bother me but..." is incorrect because kind is...

Hi Teo I hope the following will be helpful. In BrE, it should be There is a cat and a dog . Below is the information extracted from two books on English usage. The first book is on British English usage, the second on American English usage. 'The Right Word...

Hello everyone, Marius is right, it should be "as-tu faiT", sorry. It's true that there any many "myselves" in #11, so how can all this be corrected, please? As for "burglarize" is it not an American version of the verb "burgle" in British English? See you, Hela

"Eatable" may well be a valid word, but, like Clive, I've never heard it used -- except possibly in a sort of humorous way that a speaker might add -able to any verb that does not usually take that form. ("This leftover meatloaf has been in the refrigerator for a week -- is it still eatable?"...

WesternAmerican wrote: Dear Koh, in respect of chiefly British : with respect to : CONCERNING - in respect to : with respect to : CONCERNING - with respect to : with reference to : in relation to The source of the aforementioned definitions has been taken from M-W . It seems like in...