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

Dear friend, both a correct, but the first option is generally more common among British English speakers. The choice of the pronoun largely depends on your intention: if you wish to speak of a class as a number of individuals, you should resort

Only sick can be used attributively, in other words, before a noun: a sick person. In British English, sick is often used to refer to nausea or other rather mild problems with one's health while ill denotes something serious which may require

For British English all ok except: 1-4th 6 - 2nd (1st is for the noun) 11 - 3rd 18 - 3rd 19 - 3rd

Hello, dont you prounce the word café with the stress on the first syllable in British English? thanks

That explanation is more germane to British English, and it seems satisfactory. Most collective nouns are treated invariably as singular nouns in American English. CJ

Welcome to the EnglishForums! Please register - it's free and then your postings will not have to be moderated. In the case of uncountable nouns American English and British English often differ in their rules. Various pieces of information

There are potentially differences here between American English and British English. I'm a British English speaker, so my reply reflects British English usage. With nouns such as "team", "group", "committee"

Wh i ch answer is the best one and why is it the best answer? Last year's holiday sale's strategy -- to be such a success that we have decided to repeat it this year. (A) proved (B) was (C) was proven (D) became Hi.

Hi AlpheccaStars and Mr. Wordy, Thanks for you help. One American client says to me: a celebration dinner, while I saw a post in Yahoo, saying Beckham is having a celebratory dinner. Do you think it's probably because the