In British English^x, Spelling^x

hi there spelling: "we provide on-board courier services" is on-board spelt on-board / on board / onboard in British English? Is there a difference in meaning at all? thanks, Robboe

The first thing to note is the spelling: the correct spelling is a-c-c-u-s-a-t-i-v-e. Another thing to note is that the term often employed to identify the "case" of words like "him", "her" and "whom" is Objective, rather than Accusative (which is misleading in a simplified grammar like...

well woodward, Portugal is very beautiful. There are quite a few differences between Portuguese from Brazil and Portugal, similar to the ones between British English and American English. The accent is very different, there are some differences in spelling and different meanings for the same...

>> Thanks Pemmican for your well thought out comments. You strike me as a diligent language scholar, so I greatly appreciate what you have to say. Thank you very much, Mike, but I wouldn't say I strike you This is just the way I see it. >> Of course only a fool would argue that the...

Do you really think so, Mike?? I don't think American English is worse than the British one. Also Americans use "correct" spelling, they use American spelling, they use American enunciation and also American grammar -> all these also have been standardized, as a guideline you can use the...

The American spelling is easier, that's for sure! Essentially I guess it's a simplified version of British English then..

lol maj ! good one ! I like knowing as much as i can about both. Hate being caught out !!!! Even though i don't think that i will EVER accept the american past tense of 'drag' as 'drug' !!!!!! I confess that I do occassionally find myself using 'gotten' though !!! As in 'it's gotten...

Hi John, first off; welcome to our forums! We have a number of moderators who are all EFL/ESL teachers (I’m just a humble developer / admin). We’ve only been up and running for a very short time, the response up till now has been encouraging. For the time-being we have the rare dynamic of 10...