Dear friend, * London is different of Hong Kong - incorrect; London is different from/to Hong Kong - correct; *In Argentina, Christmas celebrations are completely different as the ones in England - incorrect; In Argentina, Christmas celebrations

He means towards is British English, while toward is American English. Hi, I hear a lot of US born "native speakers" of English add the "s," but in the forties, when I was in "grammar school," they gave us 'ell

American-English was British-English, except that it was altered significantly by all of the various influences (immigrants/languages from other countries) that learned to speak it in America. Everyone in the UK knows how to communicate in English

In British English we'd normally say 'at school' when we were there as a pupil, as well as when we worked there. We would only be 'in' school when we were physically in the building, either as a pupil or a teacher - "I was

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

Hello, everybody! I'm a student of English who needs your help with some idioms in order to analyse them for my graduation paper. The topic of my research is synonymy among idiomatic expressions. For the purpose of this research I have

In British English, I would choose the same, Fandorin. But American English is less certain. "They met at the university" would be more commonly preferred.

I'm a British English speaker. There may be differences here between British and American usage. "I have to " is fine. "I've got to " is also OK, but is more informal (the contraction "I've"

Unfortunately it's a common problem for advanced learners. What accent should they use? I decided to learn American English because I thought British English sounded really awful. Then I found out I thought so because I only knew posh RP,

I´m an English teacher and when I´m giving class there are all these questions about pronunciation. I work with other teachers some from Ireland, London, Scotland, and Americans. Each teacher is teaching with a different accent. Then the books are