In British English^x, Verbs^x, Idioms^x

I would use regarding or in regard to instead of as regards I d like to hear from British English users as well as Americans from other regions to hear their opinion of as regards It sounds wrong to me but it s probably just a regional thing You can use idiomatic language in formal letters I see...

The BBI is my Favourite capital F It doesn t list all the prepositions but it is extremely useful for ESL speakers because it tells you how to combine nouns with adjectives and how verbs are used it gives 19 valency categories of verbs It also gives the most common word combinations as well as...

The idiom is have got in both American and British English It is a purely idiomatic alternate for have and is not much used except in the present tense That is have got is the present tense of this idiom even though get is the present tense form of to get and the past is got This is because have...