By American English, English grammar

Both the 2 replies are very helpful for me. Thank you very much!Mr. Wordy may be confused by the sentence "...which with share from our company...". I don't know if Feebs11 was also confused or not. The melamine paper factory is legally an independent joint venture. Fordeck Ltd...

Dear Cyndi:You have actually asked two questions in your posting: (1) Is the letter w a vowel? and (2) For how long have schools been teaching that the letter w is a vowel?Regarding (1), the answer is that w can be both a vowel and a consonant.Regarding (2), at least since 1861 in the United...

Hi, everybody! Maybe I should have started with "well," but I can ensure you that I'm the original poster, while this guy Anonymous wrote: Well, I have a half-finished game of noughts and crosses tattooed on my forehead. If you do too, then I guess... is not (but I found his/her post...

Hello, I hope I'm writing in the right place. I would like to ask if somebody know this book "Fundamentals of English Grammar" by Betty Schrampfer Azar. I found it at home, I bought it fifteen or even more years ago. It seems allright, but I was wandering if it' s more likely based on American...

Kooyeen wrote:Hi,here's your "authority": http://www.bartleby.com/68/43/5843.htmlIt's taken from "The Columbia Guide to Standard American English". Basically, superlatives for two objects are ok as long as you don't use them in formal or kinda formal contexts. Kinda Thanks. Seems like it's...

ok.. I would just like to clarify something - I do in fact make my students aware that zero is commonly pronounced as the letter 'O'. I teach to German people, most of whom are already aware of this due to years of English courses in school, etc.. In German, the word for 'zero' is 'Null' and...

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 see...

In the subject rectangle bar above, I have written some things that I have sometimes seen used--in American English or in British English--as a reference to a book title, author, and circa or copyright date. If using proper English grammar, how should braces, brackets, and parentheses be used...

Hello, I´ve learned I´ve to say: I sit on the chair/on the floor/on the grass (English Grammar in Use), but what about: I sit on a meadow? I sit in a field??? or: There grow beautiful flowers on/in a meadow.??? Therer grow potatoes in/on the field.??? Is there any difference between British...

Teo wrote: "The British use the with a musical instrument (play the piano), but Americans sometimes leave it out (play piano)." Oxford Guide to English Grammar, by John Eastwood, 1994 I'm British and I've never heard anyone ever say 'play piano' in my entire life.