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Greetings, Meowth, You can express the same idea in three ways: a. I haven't a ticket. b. I haven't got a ticket. c. I don't have a ticket. Of all these alternatives, a is chiefly used in British English and is elevated as well as
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So as MrPernikety said, both are ok, and "of" can be left out in informal American English (and maybe in British English too, but I'm not sure).
Yeah, I remember Amy's advice. If my memory serves me right, she advised me to
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Hi, quoted from Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary (http://www.learnersdictionary.com): a couple informal 1 : two or a few of something Note: In informal U.S. English, a couple can be used like a couple of before a plural noun. Ex: I
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Dear friend, * London is different of Hong Kong - incorrect; London is different from/to Hong Kong - correct; *In Argentina, Christmas celebrations are completely different as the ones in England - incorrect; In Argentina, Christmas celebrations
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Dear friend, both a correct, but the first option is generally more common among British English speakers. The choice of the pronoun largely depends on your intention: if you wish to speak of a class as a number of individuals, you should resort
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He means towards is British English, while toward is American English. Hi, I hear a lot of US born "native speakers" of English add the "s," but in the forties, when I was in "grammar school," they gave us 'ell
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Hi,
can I say "don´t forget to pack a pair of warm hot trousers?"
warm trousers - Good for cold weather
hot trousers - Sounds like they make you uncomfortable. Perhaps they make you sweat. Better take them off and put on
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Re: 'I am undeer the impression that 'honor' is spelled "honour" in british english. Is that so?'
Yes it is, but do also check your basic spelling:
1. under (not undeer)
2. B ritish (not british)
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It depends on whom you ask. I'm sure nearly all Americans would use a comma after May 29 and probably the majority of Britons too. However, some British newspapers such as The Guardian have a dislike for commas in dates and write the date as
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They're all correct, Anon. The word gotten is generally used as the past participle of the verb "get" in American English, and got is used as the past participle in British English. Thus your first sentence seems to be AmE, and the
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