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I just got my Swan back from a friend and here's what he has to say about these group words. -- Michael Swan; Practical English Usage: 503 1 groups of people In British English, singular words like family, team, government, which refer to groups of people, can be used with either...

Hi Praveen, In British English, practise in the verb; practice is the noun. American English makes no such distinction. Hope this helps PS What does "our practise" refer to?

Uh, no offense but their are a whole lot of misconceptions about American English in this thread. The "fag" thing has already been pointed out, so I'll let that one be. "The main difference between British English and American English is that in the former there is perfect grammar even in the...

The BBI is my Favourite (capital F). It doesn't list all the prepositions but it is extremely useful for ESL speakers because it tells you how to combine nouns with adjectives and how verbs are used (it gives 19 valency categories of verbs). It also gives the most common word combinations, as...

1. Use of present perfect tense and simple past tense Speakers of American English generally use the present perfect tense (have/has + past participle) far less than speakers of British English. In spoken American English it is very common to use the simple past tense as an alternative in...

I learned it the same way, pieanne did - and all my grammar books also say that "just" is a signal word for perfect tenses ---> at least in British English. Americn English tends to use "just" with the Simple Past. "Preterite" btw is applicable to English as well as for every Germanic...

From "http://www.bartleby.com/68/49/349.html": These two prepositions are interchangeable in meaning, but among is far more frequent in American English; for some, amongst has a rather dusty-genteel quality. It occurs far more often in British English. (1) The Oxford English Dictionary...

The word "bash" is frequently used as a noun to describe a boisterous party or celebration. For example: We put on a huge bash for his birthday. I also believe that in British English, "bash" can have equivalent meaning to the noun "blow". For example: He got a bash on the head. --> He...

1. "Worse" is the comparative of "bad" while "worst" is the superlative. bad-worse-the worst His new movie is worse than his last. Your cooking is getting worse! (compared to before) Among his movies, the newest one is the worst. This is the worst of all! 2. I'm reproducing...

I sympathize with Jeff. When I was learning English--that's decades ago--I read a grammar book delineating the same rule as Jeff brought up. As years passed, I realized that's a rather weird rule. I checked it with native speakers, they said in unison to the effect that I should forget the...