The two sentences mean the same - there may be a subtle shade of difference. In the US, we almost never say "call on" for "visit" - it is more old-fashioned and formal. Perhaps "call on" is used more in British English.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English says that the following structure is used to emphasize how good/bad/surprising/etc. something is: You can/can't imagine how/what/why/etc. - You can't imagine what a terrible week we had. - You

You shouldn't really ever pronounce the as 'de/duh' in standard British English but it is a feature of some British accents, including some in London. I'd mainly associate it with a feature of certain immigrant community accents,

Also in British English 'Have you got the time?'

Hi Zazzex The following should enable to understand Mr Wordy's reply. Please note that in British English, it should be: There is a cat and a dog. Below is the information extracted from two books on English usage. The first book

Practise is the British English convention, Practice is American English. Just have it conform to whatever language you are using.

Do not use "u" for "you" except when reducing the number of letters typed is of paramount importance. The word "I" is always capitalised. " I asked you for your number because I thought we were

Could anybody tell when should I double the last letter and when I should double the last letter Hi, I hope you'll like the following excerpt from AskOxford . (When it comes to English grammar, beware of general rules ... more often than not

Danny-K, Thanks a lot Number 3 is incorrect because "are an example" mixes plural and singular. I remember seeing many native American English speaker using something like this. Even I found it a bit weird initially

Thanks, Mr. Wordy, but is the second sentence incorrect ? Tom Anonymous , yesterday 6:06 pm No, not in my view, in fact I believe it to be the correct version. By inserting the word number, the plurality of the