In Verbs^x, American English^x

Hi, Englishforums moderators and users!I have a problem regarding a filter in the public computers, and being unable to read some threads.Those kinds of PC have a filter installed, and block any webpages that include such words or part of words as "ero" "game" etc. It's to prevent kids from...

Hi all, I've now seen enough posters here talk about "tuition" in the way I would talk about "tutoring" that I wonder if this is another BrE/AmE thing. If you work privatly with a student outside of class to give extra help, what is that called in the UK? In American English, it's "tutoring."...

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...

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,...

Yeah, Tam is right when he criticize ESLese. ESLese is often the source of most ESL students. We are not confused by English, but by ESLese's rules. And Michael Swan, hahaha, I've never liked that guy. Ok, I hate him.Anyway, I think Amy is saying that however small, there are differences in the...

In American English, got is the simple past tense form of the verb get and gotten is the past participle. I believe got is used for both in British English.You're right. In BrE, it is get got got

In American English, got is the simple past tense form of the verb get and gotten is the past participle. I believe got is used for both in British English.

Ana, if you are trying to understand the difference between the present perfect and the past simple, well, you can't? And why? Because every learner have been trying to do that since English was invented, but no one has ever succeeded! It is a trap! Ok, seriously, I can tell you the way I...

Hi breeze thanks for the help. I use the Cambridge dictionary. Probably traipse can be both transitive as well as intransitive in American English. By the way , finguy stands for ' Finance guy' , not ' guy from Finland ' !