By British people, Dates

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,...

...and in the UK, the male version is a Stag Night rather than a Batchelor Party. Dating is somewhat different in the UK and the US - British people tend to have a longer getting-to-know-you phase before they ask each other to go out for a meal or similar, so by the time you are on a date, there...

Hey, I have to go in few minutes, so I can't help you with your letter more carefully. I just answer your questions. 1. It is more formal if you put the address on the top of the letter! Remember to put the date! It's the formal form of British people. 2. You NEEDN'T put enclosures in...

Hi Antonia, Idioms often need a context to get the usage right and you didn't give any, but here are a few comments anyway. I'd say the exact opposite of 'fair play' is 'foul play', but there are many other things you could say, so a context is needed. British people sometimes say a thing is...

Oh no, I meant no irony, really! Actually, I trust Webster's dictionaries and I have an old edition of their "Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary" which I use very often. What I meant was that not every colloquial, or very infirmal, expression will always be found in a dictionary. Probably not...

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT'S RESIGNATION SPEECH On 09th September 1999, the American President took the world by surprise by pronouncing his resignation, through a little longer speech, due to some reasons, allegedly psychological. The tension and lassitude were writ large on the face of the...