Good luck with your English! In the past, I've taught English (technical writing for an American audience) to Russian, Indian, and other software developers at several companies where I've worked. I've found that most native English

Hi, 'Dove' is a feature of American English. It has become so common that it now appears in dictionaries, although mine notes N. Amer. informal . Best wishes, Clive

Former newspaper writer and columnist. Currently a technical and corporate feature writer with a major American company. I'm currently working on a personal book project, English for Engineers, which includes ESL sections. I enjoy a love of

i've got to do something or i've got a sore throat... these are examples of bad grammar slipping into american slang. Sorry, Anon, but the expression "have got to do something" (meaning "must do something") is quite

I went and saw the "Vampire Assistant" this weekend with my nephew. Not a bad movie but not a great one either. But it got me to wondering why is Hollywood so brain dead that it is now making every children or teenage book or even TOY

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First lesson: In American English, we capitalize "I" and "American" and "English". We don't use capital letters in the middle of words. And we spell out "please." Okay, I realize you are asking for help

Thank you dear friends. By the way,I have a problem with my posts.I can't see the player of the clips on my posts to listen to what I have posted.Do you know what the problem is?

Hi Coloraday, For the first one I guess he's referring to a disease named Saint Vitus Dance So, the words in the clip seem to be these: ... and Saint Vitus Dance and blotches It sounds like you cut off the final word. Maybe he also says

I'll just try to guess what is said in the second clip: And was bad with people, was probably dyslexic, a little autistic, maybe had Asperger syndrome, or whatever one of those things is. ..