I'd love to rent a helicopter, but there is/are none available. Isn't either formally correct? Formally? No. Sorry. No prize for you on that one today! is is the "correct" (formal) form given in the more conservative grammar

I think have got is British and got / have alone is American. I use the later because I learned American English.

What is the general rule for this kind of phrasing? Invert subject and verb for direct questions. ( Where is the knife ? ) Do not invert for indirect questions. ( I have no idea where the knife is . ) In which room was the thing I was supposed to

Hi, I am Benny from Malta and i would like to improve my English espescially in conversation.

It's correct in my opinion. Considering talked to/with and spoke to/with , I think that "talked" has more of a sense of conversation than "spoke" does. That is, it suggests a meeting of the minds. However,

The only time I'd expect to hear that construction in AmE would be for a calculated effect, never in conversation. Hi, Rick, didn't mean to sound huffy. We've had a few members who enjoy studying literature from past centuries, and

Hi friends, In the following conversation could you please help me to understand the sense of "I am on my own then." John: I am not feeling well. Alice : But even you can sing John : Well, I often sing in the car,

There are no conversation I just know that the company will hire 6 graduates this year. Those 6 graduates will have the same training. In the ABC Graduate Recruitment. So, I am interested in any of those 6 vacanies. But they will not offer me

Hi, If ABC Graduate Recruitment is the name of a graduate scheme, then which of the following sentences are correct? note: there are more than 1 vacancy I am interested in the ABC Graduate Recruitment Vacancies I am interested

when i I need to say "she" i I say "he" having slip of tongue, do es this ever happen to even to native speakers?? No. Very rarely, if ever. instead "tell me when he is leaving" i I may say "tell me when is he