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Yes. Your grammar book must be very old. Some elderly British people may still use should instead of would in sentences like yours, but would is very common even in British English. Some young Americans might consider your sentence wrong!Should is used in a number of ways but the most common use...

So, with British English, 'to my ears' is OK. I wonder if other British people here agree on this. 

Hello. I'm a student from Korea (South) trying to learn English based on received pronunciation. And it's kind of hard because everyone here tries to learn American English.Here goes the questions:1. I reckon Americans often use 'flapped d', but it seems that British people...

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. Politically, yes.I think the British people scared to...

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 'going to Europe'. I'm sure it seems peverse to...

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 mean ‘vomit’. I feel sick. Where is the bathroom?...

The correct British English way is she-jul but you'll find a lot of British people use the American pronounication of ske-jul.

Hi everyone,this thread is cool. Yeah, it's cool because I was just thinking of that "updating" and I thought it would be funny. Americans receive updates from England:Grammar Geek is at her computer, and sees a pop up, "Your database is pretty old, your vocabulary may not be up-to-date." Oh my,...

Nona The Brit wrote: Less than 5% of British people speak RP. Stephen Fry, for one ("Jeeves").

This is a bit of a myth. There was never a single British accent for American to be 'nearer' to. The short a sound still features in a lot of English accents. Less than 5% of British people speak RP.