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Yes, but in a very limited way. As a general rule, no. The use of will or would that way is not often heard in modern American English, for example. may, might, and could are more often chosen to fill that role. My personal opinion is that the reason for learning it is to be able to...

Hi,I think "no more" is not used much, except in literature and maybe some dialects. I mean, I don't think there's a lot of people who say "I need it no more" instead of "I don't need it anymore".Also, I think it's "anymore", one word and no spaces, at least in American English.

Hi Anon,what Jim said makes a lot of sense, and we discussed it a little in another thread, I think.The point was that teaching completely descriptively is impossible. The teacher would have to say: Mr X says this, Mr Y says that, and Mr Z says another thing. Now learn what they say and then...

sorry to revive this discussion if it has already been past expiration, but i think not nearly enough has been discussed about this subject. I must warn anyone i usually have an indirect and evasive way of writing or speaking, so please forgive me if i lack coherence. Also my grammar is not very...

<<We don't really regard Indian-English as being a proper dialect of English, merely English spoken with an Indian accent, and grammatically influenced by the persons native tongue.Standard and non-standard dialects>> A standard dialect (also known as a standardized dialect or...

Yoong Liat wrote: The original sentence reads: The reason he is fat is because is never exercises. (It was a typo. The word 'is' should have been 'he'.) According to Incho, this usage of reason is because is common, but considered inelegant and non-standard.Because is redundant in the...

Marius Hancu wrote:BTW, that thatis quite frequent in the literature:The Longest Journey by Forster, EM"Inside that there's a paragraph written about something Stewart's written about before, and there it says he's read too much Hegel, and it seemsnow that that's been the trouble all along."Love...

Patricklui wrote: Hello I am new to here. My mother tongue is Cantonese and I like to polish my English. It's known that English has two different versions : spoken and written. I have been learning English since I was a child and my written English is not too bad because this is what I have...

MrPedantic wrote:Here are some examples from English literature:I recognize that some people at some times in the past have used so that in what was considered to be an acceptable fashion. Your citations seem to be from earlier generations. I recognize that some people, yourself included,...

Hello Mike in Japan- Arguments claiming American English to be a “dumbed down” or “lazy” version of British English are based on the erroneous premise that American English is a perversion of British English. Any real linguist will tell you that modern British and modern American English BOTH...