By Grammar, American English

Grammar Geek wrote:It makes perfect sense in that context. First you dropped my order, then you gave me the wrong thing, and now? Now you have given me the wrong change!Yes but in the example Yankee said "Now you gave me the wrong change". Is that really normal in American English? It's not a...

Thethenothere123 wrote: Grammar Geek wrote:I haven't read through all the pages on this topic, but has anyone commented on how NON-homogeneous UK and US English is? It's not like there's one "British English" or one "American English" unless you're been to broadcasting school. Someone from...

Hi, Kooyeen, Kooyeen wrote:I know you won't like my answer, but... what's wrong? That part of speech was ok. My goal is to talk like that. Ok, not really like that, but that was not "non-English", so it was ok in the end (I guess). I never said it's "non-English", I said it was ""non-BBC...

Dear Cyndi:You have actually asked two questions in your posting: (1) Is the letter w a vowel? and (2) For how long have schools been teaching that the letter w is a vowel?Regarding (1), the answer is that w can be both a vowel and a consonant.Regarding (2), at least since 1861 in the United...

Hi Tanit, I know you won't like my answer, but... what's wrong? That part of speech was ok. My goal is to talk like that. Ok, not really like that, but that was not "non-English", so it was ok in the end (I guess). You say, "Why do we struggle with grammar..."? I'd say learners...

Grammar Geek wrote:Your examples all sound natural to me.Very interesting. I'm pretty sure Jim said "have got to" was not very used, and "must" was the usual verb to choose. It be something regional then, even though I have to say that "must" actually seems more common to me.And oddly enough,...

Bokeh wrote: Grammar Geek wrote: Are you saying that the simple past is not used for recent events in BrE? What about:I think I saw a ghost! GG, that example has different context. You are specifically stating that the sighting is over; if it were not you would use the present tense: I think...

The real Anon! Anonymous wrote: Pucca wrote: And going back to the topic..an anonimous post would be helpful if you want to ask something but you don't want others to see who is asking so. Let me disagree with you. If the community can se who is asking a certain question, the answer...

Hi, everybody! Maybe I should have started with "well," but I can ensure you that I'm the original poster, while this guy Anonymous wrote: Well, I have a half-finished game of noughts and crosses tattooed on my forehead. If you do too, then I guess... is not (but I found his/her post...

Angliholic wrote: Grammar Geek wrote: And Kooyeen is learning American English, so he was spot on. Hi, GG. Would you shed some light on "so he was spot on?" That's Greek to me. Spot on - exactly on the mark, hit the target just right, completely right. (It's actually a UK expression...