They're all correct, Anon. The word gotten is generally used as the past participle of the verb "get" in American English, and got is used as the past participle in British English. Thus your first sentence seems to be AmE, and the

Hi, I have got 3 questions : 1.) My task was to fill word in "Could you give me a ___ to the station ?" I wrote "ride" and my teacher said its wrong and there should be "lift" . Is "ride" ok ?

Hello again. Sorry for the delay. I was distracted by a horrendously written online encyclopedia. But, anyway . . . "This guy is a burglar! A wrong 'un in pants in the heart of Brazil." Wrong 'un means a person of bad character

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

Hi there, I can only comment on the British English form, as I am English. Here we would definitely say "if you help me to be happy". However, the meaning of the sentence implies the speaker is not currently happy and therefore another

To me, the sentence using "keen on" sounds British. (But since I'm American, I'n not sure if it really is common in British English or not.)

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

Hi, 1-This isn't a one-size-fits-all classroom course: Can you explain this? It means, this is not a fixed course, it is changeable? Same meaning? It means that the teacher gives each student different help, based on the needs of that

The two sentences mean the same - there may be a subtle shade of difference. In the US, we almost never say "call on" for "visit" - it is more old-fashioned and formal. Perhaps "call on" is used more in British English.

"good in pronunciation" sounds quite wrong to me. In fact, without any explanatory context I might not even understand that it was supposed to mean "good at pronunciation". Perhaps there are some regional differences here