AJ Hoge's "effortless english" is a waste of money. I made the mistake of buying it for a friend who doesn't speak much English and she doesn't even use it. I don't blame her because it takes a lot of effort to learn with

Nona The Brit wrote: slum prudery? Interesting turn of phrase. It's from "My Fair Lady". Nona The Brit wrote: I think it is pretty true that a lot of British people don't consider us as part of Europe in quite the same way as other Europeans.

Thethenothere123 wrote: Grammar Geek wrote: I haven't read through all the pages on this topic, but has anyone commented on how NON-homogeneous UK and US English is? It's not like there's one "British English" or one "American English" unless

Hi Kooyeen There is nothing to forgive! I am certainly not in the least offended by your post. In fact, I enjoyed reading it tremendously! I even agree with you to some extent on some of the points you made. I am the first person to admit that my

Sorry to contradict you, but that is exactly what is happening in the USA today. Speakers of other Standard variants and indeed taking classes in using Standard American English. The question is, why don't Standard American English speakers, want

Grammar Geek wrote: I haven't read through all the pages on this topic, but has anyone commented on how NON-homogeneous UK and US English is? It's not like there's one "British English" or one "American English" unless you're been to broadcasting

Hi, Here are some comments. I was happy to get your questions, please write again if I can help you in any way, OK? I would like to know if people in Canada use the present perfect tense and the present perfect progressive tense differently

Hello everybody, I would like to know if people in Canada use the present perfect tense and the present perfect progressive tense differently than the Americans. Are Canadians following the British style instead of following the