In British English^x, Verbs^x

In American English, got is the simple past tense form of the verb get and gotten is the past participle. I believe got is used for both in British English.

Here's the thing, most people use the contraction: "There's" can mean "there is" (present singular) or it can mean "there was" (past plural) while "there're" means "there are" (present plural).Personally, as a native British English speaker I would use the plural form for multiple items even if...

Yoong Liat wrote: Did you see two blue bags which I left / had left on the table? Which verb in bold should I use? Thank you very much. Well, since YL in interested in British English, and since nobody mentioned this before, I think a native speaker would:- generally use present perfect instead...

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I would use "regarding" or "in regard to" instead of "as regards." I'd like to hear from British English users as well as Americans from other regions to hear their opinion of "as regards." It sounds wrong to me, but it's probably just a regional thing. You can use idiomatic language in formal...

Hi again,thank you for your replies.Clive, you said either a singular or a plural verb is ok in my examples, but what's Canadian usage? Is it like in British English, where you can say "The team are working"? Because if you find sentences like that acceptable, then you (and probably Canadians...

Hello, I'm a Korean (south Korea) studying for TOEIC test. In an online course, the teacher said that a verb of "aid" can not take an objective complement of "To+Verb" with an objective of a person. I mean, this kind of sentence is wrong in grammar _ he told. Actually, the test question was...

We take a more flexible approach in British English and both ways (plural and singular) are seen as acceptable. It depends on how we are thinking of the 'group'. We say 'the group is' when we are thinking of it as one collective thing but 'the group are' when we are thinking the members of the...

In that case, they have earned the title of distinguished by imitating British usage. I am well aware that the sample sentence is not a question and what the meaning is, and though my concentration often lapses, I don't believe it has done so on this particular occasion. Modern American...

In British English you could also say: "I'm going to have a fortnight's holiday." "I'm going on holiday for a fortnight." is also possible, but this to me implies that you're actually going away on holiday, whereas the previous example simply means you're taking two weeks off - whether you're...