In Expressions^x, American English^x

Hello AnonI'm a mere English learner from Japan and my role here is rather an asker than an answerer. But if you don't mind, I'd like you to read my ideas about your question. I take "school" in "go to school" or "church" in "go to church" as an uncountable noun. As you suggested, "school" or...

The talks on the Linguists Forum are preserved in a Japanese site.Q) Hello, I'm a graduate student at a university in Japan. In English class at Japanese high schools, students were told to put "the" before the name of musical instrument. But I often come across musical instruments without "the"...

komountain, You are right, that sentence is a fixed expression, used, I believe, largely in American English. I came across it a long time ago in one of the songs by Sam Cooke titled, if I am not mistaken, "A change is gonna come". I am not too sure whether it was he who coined the expression...

Your questions:(1) Is it really accepted as a slang in the US or in otherEnglish-speaking countries?Comments:The answer is both "Yes" and "No."The answer is "Yes" because "I'm loving it" and even "I'm liking it" arebecoming very commonly used in American English. If you do a Websearch for...

davkett, Thank you for your perceptive comments. I've so far had two replies from speakers of American English who say they are slightly different. Jim, Thank you for your helpful comments. I take it that Here you go / There you go / Here you are / There you are are widely used...

I really like fashion and I read lots of fashion magazines. Sometimes I find expressions which I don't know if are used by native speakers or are just used by professionals. I know what they mean but I'd like to know if you normally use them . If so, if they are British or American English and...

I'm not sure since I'm far from being a good english speaker... but it seems to me the usual expression would be : "nothing good can come OUT OF this"Many times at work I've heard native english (US) collegues using 'OUT OF' as a substitute to 'FROM'. I don't know the exact 'rule' -if there is...

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Yes. Within this group of expressions, the only one that differs significantly when American and British English are compared is "to hospital", which doesn't occur in American English, because at the time of the founding of the country there was only one hospital. So if a person "went to...

Well, well! We learn something new every day! In American English "I met with" would typically be followed only by expressions such as "my boss", "the students", "the committee investigating the peculiarities of British English", and similar structures.