In American English^x, Idioms^x

There is a lot more to this silly phenomenon than meets the eye. After the War of Independance, Americans did their best to shun the British and their influence. They went so far as to change the side of the road on which people drove ..... just so they were not following British custom!...

Hello Latin Those sentences are quite formal in structure. This means they sound incongruous when you insert an 'informal' zone in the middle. It's like wearing jeans with a tuxedo. An easier way of avoiding the subjunctive is to change the idiom. For instance, native BrE speakers seldom use...

The idiom is "have got" in both American and British English. It is a purely idiomatic alternate for "have" and is not much used except in the present tense. That is, "have got" is the present tense of this idiom, even though "get" is the present tense form of "to get", and the past is "got". ...

"Have you ever been to/in PLACE before?" I can only give you the American usage that I am familiar with as a life-long speaker of American English. Both "to" and "in" are acceptable, no matter who is where. I'm not sure you can find a grammar book that is quite so detailed, but if you do,...

Hi Inglish! How’s everything going? Here’s a long list of common American English slang words and idioms for ya'. It took me a LONG time to get these together, and in order, but here they are……. ace- very good (he’s an ace at his job) airhead- stupid person (that guy is a real airhead) all...