The Indian Minister of State for External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor (author of ‘The Great Indian Novel’) was in the eye ... never be a reference to actual individuals. What does the group feel could be the possible connotations of this phrase?

While and whilst are conjunctions whose primary meaning is "during the time that". An example is: The days were hot while we were on vacation. I read a magazine whilst I was waiting. While and whilst can nowadays legitimately be

Smarter people than I have not answered you yet; so, I shall have a go. Here in the United States, probably everyone would construe "competition" as singular. E.g., "The competition in this field is fierce." Of course, English

British English: 'closed down' means 'shut up shop permanently'. Does in America too but not always. Jim's business is bad so he closed up shop, bought a ticket to the West Coast and now he gives them a stand-up

I agree with Delmobile that this is in a telegraphic style common in informal business writing, which explains the missing definite articles. To agree a delivery date sounds OK to my (native British) ears, though. Agree can be transitive or

Hello, it looks like "programme" is a kind of British english version of "program" http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/program?qsrc=2888

Both suggest stilted business language. I'd say in regard to , with regard to or as regards were all correct, but I'd prefer to say regarding , if I wanted to strike that particular note. I think in regards to is unidiomatic in British

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Philip's reply makes sense. However, there is a tendency in British English to use the plural verb when the reference is to all the members of the family, which is the case in your sentence. In other words, both come and comes are right. The

There is much mutual help within these forums in getting English ‘correct’ but there are times when enquirers need to have things just right, for example in a cv for a job application and maybe time is of the essence. Is it then worth using a