The only time I'd expect to hear that construction in AmE would be for a calculated effect, never in conversation. Hi, Rick, didn't mean to sound huffy. We've had a few members who enjoy studying literature from past centuries, and

Hi chiliblossom! My nickname is Beto . I'm from Brazil and I was biology teacher,driver, businessman and other few other things without much success. And nowadays I only learning English by myself and I am doing temporary works. I had

As a rule you can use this: ABOUT = when talking about something that is ordinary and general e.g. I was having a conversation about money? e.g. The little children are reading a book about Peter Pan. (not on because that would suggest that they

Hi A dialogue is perhaps regarded as more businesslike/political or for a play. (formal). The leaders of the ANC and the Cape goverment entered into dialogue. (possibly to negotiate a treaty). A conversation is more something you have with your

Hi: I seldom, if ever use "ain't." I use it only in circumstances when I am deliberately chosing to epeak in a "slang" language. The general frequency of usage in conversation is highly dependent on the local dialect and

My first Korean film. From an auctorial standpoint, there's not much here. I don't speak Korean, but I don't think a bad subtitling job can explain it all; this entire movie is boring characters walking around from place to place and

I know our PL position with regards to rates from our conversations and I fully support it. However you want me to inform you about our agents reaction after our recent rate increase, so I am passing this information along. I also know that

Hi, I would say both of these are perfectly acceptable. However, "look in front of you" is more conversational and "look ahead of you" would probably be better if writing it down. Best regards, Monty

Hi Rudy, I'm a native English speaker from England, so here's my perspective on this. In brief, in both cases the first option would be viewed as more conversational, whereas the second would be more formal. However, in the first

Hello and good evening from Spain, I am already a qualified EFL -TEFL teacher and I am looking to extend into online teaching. I have good conversational Spanish and I am wondering if there is a way that I can combine the two along with