In Tenses^x, American English^x

<Such exchanges do not occur in American English! I'm beginning to wonder which foreign language you two are discussing!> Are you saying that if it doesn't happen in AE, then it must be a foreign language? I get from your statement "It can't be English if it doesn't occur in AE". ...

Anonymous wrote: The sentence is complete, but the correct past tense of "dive" is dove not dived. Your sentence should say,"I dove five feet deep." The past tense of 'dive' is 'dived' (British English). The past tense of 'dive' is 'dove' (American English).

What do you think about patterns with both clauses in simple past? They are among the most useful, I think, and they sound quite natural. See previous post. No. had already is common in that context, but just already is also fine in American English. Personally, I would have chosen had...

It's the following "r" that does it. Most contexts where orthographically tense a is followed by r , the a is pronounced as a lax e . (American English) bare, scare, scary, vary, barister, Sara, spare, flare, Laramie, rarely, nefarious, Ariel, Mary, arid, parish Exception: are !...

I'm with Clive in that either can be used. American English seems to favor dreamed and British English leans toward dreamt . (c.f. leaned/leant ; smelled/smelt ; burned/burnt ). You use them as past tense: I dreamed/dreamt of a far off land . Siggy

3/ What's the difference between : I would like to see it VS I should like to see it. In American English, you do not use "I should" to mean "I would like to," which translates roughly into "Please, may I see it." I'm sure you can construct a situation in which you'd say "I should like to...

I'm not familiar with MLB. In American English it is very common to omit the "t" when it follows a stressed syllable ending in "n" and precedes an unstressed syllable beginning with a vowel. "winter" and "winner" are indistinguishable. The absence of the t sound here is not an aspirated t...

Could you please tell me if different tenses in "since-clauses" show the difference between the British and American English? Thank you webi

Thank you very much CalifJim. I knew you yourself would answer... you are the American English Guru in this forum! I perfectly understand what you said, but I still have a slight doubt. Since I don't want you to spend too much time on my thread ( other learners need your help as well ), I'll...

Hi everyone, I have some doubts about which tenses I can use with always/never. In American English , what's the difference between..( here are some sentences, they are only examples): I have never seen that thing (before) / I never saw that thing (before) I have always/never wanted...