Hi, in my British English Dictionary I found " pen pal " and " pen friend " (without hyphen), plus it says that pen pal is used in informal texts.

1. I came across the following: “When conversing with women, men will remove their hat .” a. Is ” hat ” correct here, or should it be replaced with “ hats ”? This seems to cause a lot of questions. Because it is clear that any one man will be

Is there any way of abbreviating the term "telephone number" which is recognised as more correct in British English than other ways? I've seen "Phone 12345", "Phone: 12345", "Tel. 12345", Tel.: 12345" and others, and am wondering which one to

nona the brit, Thanks for commenting. "In British English 'coat check' is not used." I didn't know this, but I am not surprised. "I don't think anyone cares whether you spell it with a space or not, but probably without is more common." The reason

Hi, So the word hyphen is BrE and dash is AmE. I didn't know it. No, that's not what I meant. In North American English, the words 'dash' and 'hyphen' are both used, but with different meanings, ie: a dash marks a break in the meaning a

Greetings-- Is it true that most compounds with "non" are written with a hyphen in British English but are written as one word with no hyphen in American English? Or are things more complicated than this? Cheers Robert

1. "Worse" is the comparative of "bad" while "worst" is the superlative. bad-worse-the worst His new movie is worse than his last. Your cooking is getting worse! (compared to before) Among his movies, the newest one is the worst. This is

Should pre and post ticketing be written as pre- and post-ticketing? Is the hyphen after "pre" needed in British English?