Dear friends, just a small remark on the subject. While the forms are interchangeable, using simple past is still considered a feature of American English, and one is more likely to hear the simple perfect counterpart in educated British English.

Could you please help me to complete a chat of British teenage friends with the phases that best fit it. For each gap choose either A or B. A: (1)__ B: Yeah, great! I’ve decided to (2)________________ to a new iPod. A: (3)

3) All the class is going to be punished, because someone has written an offensive anonymous essay. You know, I am not even sure that Present Perfect is necessary in this sentence :P. Isn't it optional in AmE and BrE? I used it on purpose,

Dear friend, as Mr Micawber said, style manual disagree on the usage of quotation marks (known as 'inverted commas' in British English). In the American system, a single mark designates the embedded quotation, contrasting with the double

Hi Dena, My nickname is Kimemela. I use this beautiful American Indian name which means butterfly to protect my privicy. I have graduated from a university in Turkey recently. I want to have friends from different parts of the world to

Whizzo: Perhaps there are at least three ways to express your sentence: (1) He described the teacher's role as BEING BLURRED between instructor and friend, (2) He described the tescher's role as BLURRED between instructor and friend, (3)

This was off an episode of friend's dialogue...I mean Friends is like the quintessential American sitcom yet they have such rudimentary errors...No wonder I'm confused with English grammar...

Living without literacy Life without the ability to read in American society is a daunting idea to the literates. When I came to America in the winter of 1993, I didn't had profound knowledge of English language. I was able to decipher all

I am so glad to see this question and the responses. I have been living in France for the last 13 years and teaching English as a Second Language. This "go missing" usage was one of my favorite examples of the differences between British

Hi Ellie! I'm too new here. I'm Sanoorsha, who is 12 years old Srilankan school student. English is like my mother language. I can talk in the American and the British style. I'd like to be friends with you. I think that you would