In casual conversation it doesn't grate on me as much as some other common errors do. I couldn't tolerate it in written English though. Unfortunately, I hear this quite often while visiting friends in British Columbia, most of

But doesn't it make you want to run screaming from the room? In casual conversation it doesn't grate on me as much as some other common errors do. I couldn't tolerate it in written English though.

People insist on using their own dialects, but why? Don't these idiots realise that speaking correctly means speaking as they would write which IS the right way to use language. Umm... see, here's the thing. Language exists as a tool for

It makes me contented to realise that you have made sense of the striking difference between not... but vs and , so this 'one thing' you are referring to is the last on the agenda, and may I be clear about two points. First, the omission

Okay, Anonymous, I see that it really is in those two online dictionaries. Still, if you are determined to use "bursted," just be warned that most educated people will cringe at the sound of it and will think you are making a mistake.

I was astonished to see "bursted" listed as an alternative past for "burst." As Clive said earlier, when enough people use a word a certain way for a long time, the dictionaries reflect that. They also have words that no one

Thanks for your reply and correcting the errors in the sentence.Now I understood the usage of verbs in the sentence.

I want to improve my e nglish accent and reduce gram m atical mistakes in my e nglish. How can I improve my accent? Before working on improving your accent and grammatical errors, there are few suggestions you may want to consider.

Hi guys, People don't always speak grammatically. And sometimes their speech is reported verbatim. My guess is that the most likely missing word in terms of common grammar usage is 'it'. If there is anything that we can take away from

. In the first edition of Practical English Usage, Michael Swan did say the following: Typical mistake: *The boy bringing the milk has been ill. Swan only means that it is wrong if you are speaking of the milkman, the person who habitually brings