Hi CJChiu, Speaking from the perspective of American English, i would say that as a noun, 'transportation' is used much more frequently than 'transport'. Transport is most often a verb. You would say: The hotel provided

Hello all again! Which one is the correct usage? If I;m not mistaken, they both should be fine but "help to do smth" is american english and "help do smth" is british. Is it right? Many thanks in advance!

Hi, Generally, I agree with what has been said, but I would also like to add a comment. speak with - I tend to view this as a feature of N. American English. speak to - This is more common in Canadian English, and (as far as I know,

So as MrPernikety said, both are ok, and "of" can be left out in informal American English (and maybe in British English too, but I'm not sure). Yeah, I remember Amy's advice. If my memory serves me right, she advised me to

Hi, quoted from Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary (http://www.learnersdictionary.com): a couple informal 1 : two or a few of something Note: In informal U.S. English, a couple can be used like a couple of before a plural noun. Ex: I

Sorry I could not resist!!! You should avoid mixing American English.. Not to mix

Philip, Thanks. What is the common expression in American English? I thought I answered that in my previous answer. Is there something I could explain better?

Philip, Thanks. What is the common expression in American English?

Dear friend, while there exists such a word combination ( ie, mentality level ), its use is extremely rare - once in 400 million words, as shown by the Corpus of Contemporary American English, at least. In your example, the word mentality most

In American English, both are considered correct. In fact, "beat" seems to be more popular than "beaten" in common conversational English. I have a feeling that 'beaten' is used more when there is a physical