By British English, Universities

British English, but not American English, usually omits the definite article with university and hospital. Mrs Anderson has to go to hospital / the hospital for an operation. We were at university / the university together. Page 251, A Communicative Grammar of English, by Geoffrey Leech and...

%He isn't ill, isn't he? The above sentence is quoted from The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, Cambridge University Press 2002. The symbol % indicates the status of the following example: He hadn't many friends. According to the second edition of Practical English Usage,...

Practical English Usage by Michael Swan (Oxford University Press) says....." many... can be modified by... very. Very many is used mostly in questions and negatives." I would add that it is also used in answers, and for emphasis. "Have you had many boyfriends?" "Well, not very many!" So,...

Teo wrote: A Handbook of Classroom English, by Glyn S. Hughes is published by Oxford University Press. It describes standard modern British English. If you are a native speaker of American English, it's not surprising that some example sentences might strike you as strange. For example, on p98...

A Handbook of Classroom English, by Glyn S. Hughes is published by Oxford University Press. It describes standard modern British English. If you are a native speaker of American English, it's not surprising that some example sentences might strike you as strange. For example, on p98 "Take out...

Hello, I am from Ukraine and I am studying English & German Philology at university, but I have an immense problem. Our English teacher speaks with a notable Russian accent and is trying to impose it on us, so no one can explain correct British English phonetics to me. The very few...

Please could someone have a look at my cv. Since I'm applying in Europe I would prefer british english suggestions. Thank you very much for your help! Jacqueline Lutz Phone: +41 78 792 01 06 Studackerstr. 19 E-mail: lutzjac@zhwin.ch 8038 Zürich Curriculum Vitae Education 10.2002...

I'm Egyptian and very interested in English I'm only 16 years and aim to speak English better than Americans. A very praiseworthy aim! However, you should remember that all native speakers of English speak it perfectly and you cannot improve on perfection. I expect you mean that you are looking...

Dear, I'm Egyptian and very interested in English I'm only 16 years and aim to speak English better than Americans. I asked a lot of English teachers, native speaker and other famous persons who speak English about the best way to learn English and this is some advices to be good in...

R.G. wrote: Hi ~~! I'm a foreign English learner, and I think it is time for me to improve my spoken English. I perfer British accent to American, and have always trying to speak so. But which kind of Br. accent shall I follow? Many may tell me "of course, the RP" Then again, what is RP? Is...