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, A small further comment. I should have written you sooner. Sounds like American English to me. I should have written to you sooner. British English. Clive

First of all, thanks for your contributions! So ... British English speakers also use "skip"? All of the six dictionaries for learners of which I take physical possession were published after the year 2004. It just so happened that all

It is now normally written as one word in all varieties of English when it is meant as the simple negation.

Go to the following link and listen to how British people pronounce this. Phonics http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=phonics&submit=Submit http://www.thefreedictionary.com/phonics

There's no one right answer to your question. It's a matter of style and usage varies. In British English people don't usually put a period even after Mr and Dr. That was very common about 40 years ago, though. CB

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 ?

(1) There are many island nations, e. g., Japan, Iceland, the Philippines, etc. (2) Mr. Smith is very wealthy, i. e., rich. (3) There are many island nations ( e. g., Japan....). (4) Mr. Smith is wealthy (i. e., rich). (5) There are many island

Only sick can be used attributively, in other words, before a noun: a sick person. In British English, sick is often used to refer to nausea or other rather mild problems with one's health while ill denotes something serious which may require

Pleasehelp: Many usage experts explain that "public" takes a singular verb in American English; a plural verb in British English. You will also notice this with other words, such as "government."