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On second thought, I think I once read somewhere that "I've" is used that way in the UK sometimes, maybe for possession. But since I am not sure, it might be very rare,I have never actually "heard" it, and I have probably just "read" about it... I have no way to...

I would have used the plural for both verbs. I was told people say "A group of children are playing", not "is playing". I think "group" is a collective noun, and in American English it's singular: "The team is ready". In British English you might hear "The team are ready", but not in AmE. But...

English speakers DO commonly use incorrect terms or grammar, whether it be verb tenses or whatever. It doesn't bother me if many or most people say 'Oh' instead of 'zero' in phone numbers. I do too sometimes, depending on who I am speaking with. I went to a school in Australia that taught a...

British English is more accepting of The club have ... There is a greater tendency in BrE to match the verb (in number) with the notional subject. That is, if the speaker thinks of the club as a plurality, he or she uses a plural verb with club . The club has ... is very definitely the...

Ruslana wrote: Goodman wrote: Neither the letters nor the memo (was) on your desk. Neither/ either/ any/ someone etc.....always takes on the singular verb form Neither is paired with nor as either is with or , and in those uses as...

Goodman wrote: Neither the letters nor the memo (was) on your desk. Neither/ either/ any/ someone etc..always takes on the singular verb form Neither is paired with nor as either is with or , and in those uses as conjunctions they pose usage problems of agreement. Usually they will...

Hmm.. Luigio, you are right! It IS spelt like that in other countries! Well done!!! There's a big BIG world out there to explore, and rather a lot more countries use British English than use American. This is what askoxford.com has to say; -- Learnt, learned These are...

From Merriam Webster's : AIN'T Etymology: contraction of are not 1 : am not : are not : is not 2 : have not : has not 3 : do not : does not : did not -- used in some varieties of Black English Usage: Although widely disapproved as nonstandard and more common in the habitual speech of...

1. "Worse" is the comparative of "bad" while "worst" is the superlative. bad-worse-the worst His new movie is worse than his last. Your cooking is getting worse! (compared to before) Among his movies, the newest one is the worst. This is the worst of all! 2. I'm reproducing...

The parking lot can park a lot of cars. Your focus on "can" is throwing you off the track. The problem lies with the verb "park". "park" is the verb which requires an animate agent, not "can"! A parking lot ('car park' in British English) cannot move the car into a parking space. That is...