HSS, 'had it handled' is an example of a verb phrase with a causative use of have in the past. Since the meaning is causative, it is regarded as dynamic by most grammarians, or, in other words, using your term, have in this particular

Hi, I booked my place on the long-distance bus for the next day. This is British English, not American English. In the US it's called a bus. In England if it is a local service it's a bus. If it travels further afield, it's a coach.

I don't know of a webpage that drills these ideas, but here is some written material that may help. There are, in American English, five types of verb with regard to the pronunciation of the regular past tense. (The spelling rules are

Hi, If you search the Forum for get/got/gotten , you'll find a great deal of discussion. With regard to the comment that We do know that the PAST PARTICIPLE of GET is GOTTEN, have a look, for example, here.

I happened to find "refuse collector" on one of my dictionaries, and it is given with the label British . I wonder 1) what's the equivalent in American English? 2) whether I can say "recycle?/recycling collector" to mean

Hello! I was reading Working Christmas Day by Victoria Schlintz in Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul . I was triage nurse that day and had just been out to the waiting room to clean up. Since there were no patients waiting to be seen at the

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Yes, but you and I use only a minor and unimportant dialect of English called "British English". Californians, I am informed, use proper 'English' as spoken by every citizen of the USofA, which differs considerably than British

Hello, I am looking for the right pronunciation of fractions in British English. Every style guide I find is very clear about thirds, quarters and fifths, but then they stop. How do you pronounce fractions like "4000 / 563" in English?

British English American English AUTUMN FALL BAG SACK BARRISTOR LAWYER A barrister is a particular type of lawyer (a word also used in Britain), who specialises in arguing cases in court. I think Americans would refer to this person as an