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1 Worse is the comparative of bad while worst is the superlative bad worse the worst His new movie is worse than his last Your cooking is getting worse compared to before Among his movies the newest one is the worst This is the worst of all 2 I m reproducing Taiwandave s post in its entirety The...

You are quite definitely right British Coal is a firm and as such is singular so obviously the verb should be singular You should always use a singular verb with a collective noun No one would dream of writing The Bank of England are increasing the rate of interest At least I hope no one would...

ElaMiNaTo Since Cobuild says it s okay to use either a singular or plural verb with collective nouns then it must be ok But I ve never encountered any American who used a plural verb with a collective noun not even in a sporting context I may be wrong but I think Cobuild uses British English and...

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But the word practise only exists in British English If the student is learning American English only practice will do for both noun and verb My American Heritage Dictionary does not even have an entry for practise

I ll address those as quickly as possible Yes I m Welsh I completed my first degree in England but now I m back in Wales for my Doctorate Sounds very grand but as you know it s only like crossing State Lines in the US The only place I ve ever been to I d even consider leaving Wales for is NYC I...

My family is spending its vacation in the east I know that here is a difference between American and British English as family is understood either as a collective noun seen as ONE group so verbs and possessive pronouns occur in singular My family is spending ITS vacation in the east Or Family...

This is basically the difference between American and British English British generally use collective nouns such as team company committee etc with plural form of verb whereas it is not so in American English I presume both are correct also it depends on the kind of Language being used

Well both or neither really because rules governing punctuation aren t really rules in the sense that rules govening nouns verbs and adjectives are rules Punctuation rules vary considerably often from publisher to publisher or from newspaper to newspaper I can tell you that QUESTION MARKS and...

Mirapence your help is just priceless I m really sorry for having given you so much labour I defiinitely overdid I am however very thankful for your explanation After this injection of knowledge you gave me I decided go on phrases and hope to get through them with your help I Phrases...