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Grammar Geek wrote:It makes perfect sense in that context. First you dropped my order, then you gave me the wrong thing, and now? Now you have given me the wrong change!Yes but in the example Yankee said "Now you gave me the wrong change". Is that really normal in American English? It's not a...

Hello. Could anybody explain me what's the difference between constructions "I have" and "I do have"? I've seen that people use expression "I do have smth.". Is the difference like: "Do you have?" - American English. "Have you?" - British English ? Or, maybe, there's something else? Else...

Hi - We DID win, but there was no assistance given by you. If you say "no thanks to you" there was no contribution on the part of that person toward the effort, and in fact, it's possible that person was even an obstacle. I also want to say that, at least in American English, the such...as...

Randy_Tam wrote:I am only taking Mandarin as a complusory second language credit course, my L1 being Cantonese Chinese, now considered a 'dialect' for no justifiable reasons, as there has never been a clear distinction drawn between a 'dialect' and a 'language': do the 2 not share the very...

Hello AnonI'm a mere English learner from Japan and my role here is rather an asker than an answerer. But if you don't mind, I'd like you to read my ideas about your question. I take "school" in "go to school" or "church" in "go to church" as an uncountable noun. As you suggested, "school" or...

Well, well! We learn something new every day! In American English "I met with" would typically be followed only by expressions such as "my boss", "the students", "the committee investigating the peculiarities of British English", and similar structures.

The "GO DO SOMETHING" Family of Colloquial Expressions There are several variants of "go do" in American English. All are used informally in conversation, and almost never in formal writing. In the following discussion, the verb "do" stands for any verb, but the list of verbs normally used...

Short answer: Yes. The "GO DO SOMETHING" Family of Colloquial Expressions There are several variants of "go do" in American English. All are used informally in conversation, and almost never in formal writing. In the following discussion, the verb "do" stands for any verb, but the list of...