Dear Mr Micawber, the issue in question is not that elementary as it may superficially seem to be. Telling students that the distinction between tense forms is neutralised in our example does perfectly well in most instances, but those who seek

I don't know of a webpage that drills these ideas, but here is some written material that may help. There are, in American English, five types of verb with regard to the pronunciation of the regular past tense. (The spelling rules are

This should answer your question: What is the difference between learned and learnt? These are alternative forms of the past tense and past participle of the verb learn.  Learnt  is more common in British English, and  learned  in American

Start here. Re: May/might, can/could, shall/should, must/have to, will/would - when to use what? The simplest uses are as follows. There are many others not shown here. TENSE: will : future of the present; like am/is/are going to would :

Hi Goodman You wrote: I have been labeled and called by many descriptions, hinted being “Ignorant” is the first ... I'm not hinting that you're ignorant. I say that if a learner tells me "informal" means "wrong",

mike wrote on 19 Dec 2004: Then I think both of the following sentences should be grammatically correct: 1. He said that the color was blue. ... second sentence uses "is" to indicate that the speaker is sure about the color. Please

What logic? Both 'pavilion' and 'canceled' follow normal spelling rules; a double L would be unnecessary in the first case, and wrong in the second. What spelling rules? In fact, why is it "spelling" why isn't this

None of those would appear in native text. He is James's teacher or To/For James, he's a teacher .

Steve Hayes wrote on 25 Jun 2004: Steve Hayes wrote on 24 Jun 2004: A: What does ... sometime photographer. A: He seems to be a versatile fellow. And I'm a sometime bus conductor, sometime bus driver, sometime university lecturer, sometime

Here's where the original sentence would be correct as is. ... card got stolen, I need to notify my card company. To make it decent American English, it would have to be "If my credit card *was* stolen", otherwise that should be