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That is interesting indeed and I agree with you Old Man Gordon. I am from Finland and according to my Finnish-English dictionary I should say "Finland is leading 2-0" without using the plural verb and "The Finns are leading 2-0" when using a plural expression. But I guess...

That is interesting indeed and I agree with you Old Man Gordon. I am from Finland and according to my Finnish-English dictionary I should say "Finland is leading 2-0" without using the plural verb and "The Finns are leading 2-0" when using a plural expression. But I guess...

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...

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...

I thought again about what I said, and I think I would also add the fact that a dialect should be a regional language. So, it becomes "In my opinion, a dialect is a language that is not standardized and recognized by some kind of institution and that is spoken in a particular region." Marvin 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? ...

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...

The talks on the Linguists Forum are preserved in a Japanese site. Q) Hello, I'm a graduate student at a university in Japan. In English class at Japanese high schools, students were told to put "the" before the name of musical instrument. But I often come across musical instruments without...

1. Use of present perfect tense and simple past tense Speakers of American English generally use the present perfect tense (have/has + past participle) far less than speakers of British English. In spoken American English it is very common to use the simple past tense as an alternative in...