Tuongvan wrote: Bill has been UK on/ US at the same grade for several years now . Perhaps British people use on and American people use at . Or this sentence has other meaning ? I 'm very confused now. Hi Van, The dictionary is correct

There's not a real difference between them. They're both American ways of ending commercial letters...British people would use "Yours faithfully" Chiara

"You knew your brother did a bad thing, did you?" "You knew your brother did a bad thing, did you ?" Is the difference between those two an accent matter, or a pronunciation matter? Neither. The intonation is the key. You have

SillyMe wrote: There is no need to improve an accent. Sometimes some work on pronunciation is required, but no more than that. Everyone should just make sure that he could be understood and that is enough. I've seen a lot of people who thought

I'd say we were separate from Europe until we joined the 'common market' in 1973, which involved some economic/trade connection. I was born before that...I remember it causing some kerfuffle at the time and it wasn't a popular decision. Even that

Nona The Brit wrote: slum prudery? Interesting turn of phrase. It's from "My Fair Lady". Nona The Brit wrote: I think it is pretty true that a lot of British people don't consider us as part of Europe in quite the same way as other Europeans.

slum prudery? Interesting turn of phrase. I think it is pretty true that a lot of British people don't consider us as part of Europe in quite the same way as other Europeans. Politically, yes. But geographically, no. We are happy to talk about

Clive wrote: many British people don't even think of themselves as part of Europe That's just slum prudery. The fact is they are part of Europe geographically and after several referenda, all with positive outcomes, the UK is a key player in

Hi, I guess I must live a sheltered life, because I've never heard the expression European English before. In my experience, many British people don't even think of themselves as part of Europe (ie the British Isles are just 'near Europe'. )

In British English, ill means unwell. Ill is most common in predicative position. She couldn’t come because she was ill. Before a noun, many British people prefer to use sick. She spent years looking after her sick husband. Be sick can