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Hi Mr Anonymous again ! Perhaps , there is a slight difference between British English and American English and you are using the latter.In USA you don't use this or that expression , but in UK they do use it. So that 's the problem we , Asian students , are facing .Sometimes we don't know...

Anonymous wrote: Thanks Yankee. The original sentence is I've got to go on a business journey to Rome next weekend. journey has to be changed to trip, right? But my friend insisted that this sentence is right: I've got a journey to go on business in Rome next week. I agree...

Hi Peter, Any difference between 'shall' and 'will be' in the following sentences. I shall be responsible for reporting the findings to the council. I will be responsible for reporting the findings to the council. Say it with 'will'. Briefly, and generally speaking, 'shall' is not a...

Hi Nona -- I see this thread, originally from 2003, has been revived again after a second two-year hiatus. I'm American, and "went missing" used to bother me a little bit, but once I thought of it as parallel to such expressions as "went crazy," "went bald," etc. it ceased to disturb me. Also,...

Hi, I too have been looking for someting like that! I don't know how many books of this kind there are, but I guess there aren't really a lot, compared to the number grammar books available. Plus, I guess if a student is interested in American English, they'll probaly find less material. "English...

MrPedantic wrote: Oh yes, use "and stuff" all the time. Use it for "etc.", or when you can't think of anything else to say, e.g. MrP: "Well, um, you know, er, not really. Just, um, watched tv and stuff." That's interesting. I thought the expression "and stuff" was only used in American English....

Hi there, I am a non-native English learner. I often visit Randall's ESL Listening Cyber Lab http://www.esl-lab.com/ to practise listening and speaking skills. I find this website very useful in learning to new American English expressions. Can you suggest any similar websites but in British...

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? ...

Hi, You are asking a very large question. Are you expecting a very long answer? You could try searching the Forums for the expressions AmE and BrE. You'll find many threads that discuss this. Best wishes, Clive

I am a Chinese, now, I want to make an addition point about the difference between the native English speakers and us. PS: English is scattered to many countries, but I have not the sense about all of them, which results the comparison is limited in American English, British English and...