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I agree that round is often used as a preposition in British English but this is nonetheless incorrect The word around is a preposition but round is an adjective or it can be a noun e g a round of golf or a round of voting It should never be used as a preposition For example the following...

The BBI is my Favourite capital F It doesn t list all the prepositions but it is extremely useful for ESL speakers because it tells you how to combine nouns with adjectives and how verbs are used it gives 19 valency categories of verbs It also gives the most common word combinations as well as...

1 Use of present perfect tense and simple past tense Speakers of American English generally use the present perfect tense have has past participle far less than speakers of British English In spoken American English it is very common to use the simple past tense as an alternative in situations...

From http www bartleby com 68 49 349 html These two prepositions are interchangeable in meaning but among is far more frequent in American English for some amongst has a rather dusty genteel quality It occurs far more often in British English 1 The Oxford English Dictionary observes that among is...

nq 2 I think that the German is more logical why should we using the dative case in our example nq nq 1 Strictly speaking English has no dative only an accusative form that is only noticeable with certain pronouns I suspect tha literacy the language became relatively stable at least in the...

When we talk about comparison between people things or actions we can use as or like depending on the structure Like is a preposition which should be followed by a noun or a pronoun Example I m not _like_ my brother As is a conjunction which should be followed by a clause subject verb Example He...