In British English^x, Word order^x

Sounds a bit poetic, because of the unusual word order. The more commonly used spoken form would be simply: "I was late because I didn't get up early enough." And I think B would be valid in British English, but in North American English, "got" would be incorrect. It should be "gotten".

Hello Blitz, how are you? Haven't seen you around here for a while. Sorry for the late reply – I haven't been here much in the last few days. I think this may be the kind of thing you're asking about: 1. Didn't you notice how strange she was today? 2. Haven't you noticed how strange she is...

Yulysess wrote: What do you think about the alternatives below? Are all possible? Why and why not? Dear Yulysees In British English.... 1-"Turkey, where my grandparents come from, must be a very nice country." CORRECT. THIS FORM IS COMMONLY USED. IT IS NORMAL, CURRENT USAGE.2-"Turkey,...

In British English that is incorrect. If you know the name use Yours sincerely; if you do not know the name use Yours faithfully. We have covered the Yours sincerely/Sincerely yours topic before and came to the conclusion that the first is British English word order and the second is American...

The first thing to note is the spelling: the correct spelling is a-c-c-u-s-a-t-i-v-e. Another thing to note is that the term often employed to identify the "case" of words like "him", "her" and "whom" is Objective, rather than Accusative (which is misleading in a simplified grammar like...