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Well, I suppose you could refer to the Columbia Guide to Standard American English, which explains that "anytime" is an adverb, and therefore (as Pieanne has mentioned) can't be used in every context where "any time" functions as adjective + noun: anytime (adv.) is an Americanism usually...

Merriam-Webster barely distinguishes these two words, either in their verb or noun forms, and gives symbols for neither. So I'm unsure what we're talking about. E-mail address terminology? Right here in the 'Post Message' box, we have the symbol "U", (which states "underline" when one places...

quote ="Teo"According to Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners of American English (2002), lazybones is a count noun, and its plural form is identical with its singular form.So the answer is : 1. (o) He is a lazybones. 2. (x) He is lazybones. 3. (x) He is a lazybone....

According to Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners of American English (2002), lazybones is a count noun, and its plural form is identical with its singular form.

I am one of those people who learned American English as a second language. American English dictionaries never mention anything about a particular noun being countable and uncountable. I learned mass nouns and abstract nouns, both of which are uncountable. I had thought it was up to an...

In British English (I cannot speak for American English) it is acceptable to treat collective nouns as plural. English grammar sometimes looks to the sense, rather than the form. Collective nouns may be felt by English speakers to be plural for the simple reason that they consist of more than one...

The Columbia Guide to Standard American English wrote: These words are interchangeable and Standard in American English. In Britain, sick means “nauseated” or “vomiting, throwing up,” whereas ill is the general word for “feeling unwell.” Hence seasick has as its second part the British sense of...

My dictionary says: In American English "sports" is used to refer collectively to all athletic contests. Many of British people use the collective noun "sport" in this context. Americans find this usage of "sport" to be rather formal. (BrE) I like sport/sports. (AmE) I like sports. paco

Webster's Dictionary of English Usage has these (and more) comments: alternate, alternative, adjectives The adjectives alternate and alternative, say many commentators, are often confused; they advise keeping them separate. The senses recommended are "occuring or succeeding by turns" for...

Hello I found a site that is saying some time/place adverbs can post-modify nouns in American English. This usage of adverbs is a quite new knowledge to me, and I could find neither grammar books nor other online sites that explain this kind of adverb usage. So could you help me to know a bit...