In Nouns^x, British English^x, Difference between^x

In British english "Advice" is the noun and "Advise" is the verb. eg. Advice >I don't need any advice from you, Naresh. >The advice that Shyam gave Vidya was useless. eg. Advise > The teacher advised the students to take the day off. >Kannan advised me to go...

Hi Sharleenandrea, The difference between the two words is that in British English, 'practise' is a verb, and 'practice' is a noun (note that Americans don't use 'practise' as the verbal form, and use 'practice' for both the noun and the verb). In the sentence...

In British English, ill means unwell. Ill is most common in predicative position. She couldn’t come because she was ill. Before a noun, many British people prefer to use sick. She spent years looking after her sick husband. Be sick can mean ‘vomit’. I feel sick. Where is the...

Rex wrote: Demetrius You touched on the topic of the capitalization and the article. Let us talk about a large company. You and I will find a lot of employees who are keen on what the management is doing. (4) There are many people to keep track of the company's activities. Would you insist to...

Erin Zale wrote: Yes, they mean the same thing when used as nouns. However, the two words have different connotations. "I'm going down to the store." = To me, this implies that the speaker is going to the grocery store. "I'm going down to the shop." = This implies that the speaker is going to a...

Uh, no offense but their are a whole lot of misconceptions about American English in this thread. The "fag" thing has already been pointed out, so I'll let that one be. "The main difference between British English and American English is that in the former there is perfect grammar even in the...

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...

"My family is spending its vacation in the east." I know that here is a difference between American and British English, as "family" is understood either as a collective noun, seen as 'ONE group', so verbs and possessive pronouns occur in singular: "My family is spending ITS vacation in the...

This is basically the difference between American and British English. British generally use collective nouns, such as team, company, committee, etc., with plural form of verb, whereas it is not so in American English. I presume both are correct, also it depends on the kind of Language being used.

When the subject is expressed by a group noun it must be agreed with the predicate in the singular or in the plural form? Please, explain the difference between American English and British English. Thank you for your help from Russia.