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

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

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.

There is much mutual help within these forums in getting English ‘correct’ but there are times when enquirers need to have things just right, for example in a cv for a job application and maybe time is of the essence. Is it then worth using a

José: This is my second try - something went wrong when I posted the last time. Your letter is very good - I have made some suggestions for improvement. Dear Sir/Madam I am writing to express my great interest in applying for the ACEOLE

Hi Yizhivika, I agree with you on all counts! As for the difficulty (as I wrote in the other post) these exercise are meant for students who are sitting for the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) . This exam is made up of five

Yes, Yankee's comments above pretty much speak for British English usage, as well as for American English. The initial u in the 'consonant' examples given by Yankee is invariably pronounced as yoo . As for British usage of 'An

Actually folks, you are confusing a variation in British spelling with the variation between British and American English. The -ize ending is a variant of British English spelling preferred by the Oxford University Press (and I believe until

Something to chew on: THE NOTION OF STANDARD SPOKEN GRAMMAR The term ‘standard grammar’ is most typically associated with written language, and is usually considered to be characteristic of the recurrent usage of adult, educated native speakers of