In British English^x, Past tenses^x

The words you mention are all words that are spelled differently in British English and American English. There are quite a few of them (color/colour, theater/theatre, realize/realise etc.) If you are concerned with using a specific spelling standard, I would advise you to google "british...

I got kind of confused of these words ending with lise/lize like realize/legalize/recognize ... I wanna ask for British English the root form of these words end with se or ze ? How about when they are past tense form ? sed or zed ?

As is the case with British English, whether an American uses the simple present or the present perfect often simply depends on how the speaker is viewing a past activity. That said, when either tense is possible according to the "usual rules", I think there is a noticeable tendency...

Hello anon, I'm not sure why you chose to stand on your soapbox about the declining state of English on a post that was almost two years old, but you are mistaken. Regarding dive:http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dive - usage Dive, which was originally a weak verb, developed a past...

He bought a parrot that the seller said it would repeat every word he uttered. Contented, he went home and but later found it didn't say a word. Furious, he went back to the owner and asked him what had happened. The owner answered that he had not lied (didn't lie OK??) to the man. The...

Smelt is an alternative to smelled and is preferable, though not obligatory, in British English. At the end of the day, the sound difference is only between and . The verbs that follow a this pattern of having regular / irregular alternatives with this t/d sound ending are: infinitive ...

He went out already.He has already gone out.Both are OK. British English does not like to use already with past tense, but American English often does.

Anonymous wrote:Thanks Yankee. The original sentence is I've got to go on a business journey to Rome next weekend. journey has to be changed to trip, right? But my friend insisted that this sentence is right: I've got a journey to go on business in Rome next week.I agree with CJ that you...

"... when you have both finished" sounds awkward, is it a common sentential constuct? Yes, it's a normal construct And your sentence "What were the questions like?" looks good but can I also say "How were the questions like?"? No, but you could say "How were the questions?' or 'How did you...

Teleostomi wrote:Thanks!I guess Swan is a British English speaker, but does he have in mind both BrE and AmE usages when he wrote it?did Good book, better at your level than Curme, who's difficult to read, as I mentioned.