Hi Mr.Wordy, With the name like Dimsumexpress, it's apparent that I am advertising my origin by design. If I have to describe my English learning, I would say it's a mixed pot of AmE and BrE, with the former being a 75% influence

I didn't say that in BrE one has to use 'apologise'; I just said that the spelling occurs in BrE. American usage accepts only aplogize, while British usage accepts both. Consistency is key. The following is taken from the

I'm a British English speaker. There may be differences here between British and American usage. "I have to " is fine. "I've got to " is also OK, but is more informal (the contraction "I've"

Whilst both 'gotten' and 'forgotten' are Americanisms in one sense, the latter is used with increasing frequency in post-WW2 Britain, in which American language has had a stronger influence. It is a falsehood that

Where I live, all the students are taught what my book advises. However, let's agree to disagree.    As for Longman Dictionary, besides the example you cited, I've found another example that is different from other dictionaries. The word

Where I live, all the students are taught what my book advises. However, let's agree to disagree.   As for Longman Dictionary, besides the example you cited, I've found another example that is different from other dictionaries. The word

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I am searching for books that explain every known grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization rule in unabridged detail. So are we all. Next the Holy Grail. I would like to find them for American English and British English. I would

I am searching for books that explain every known grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization rule in unabridged detail. I would like to find them for American English and British English. I would also like to find workbooks or software

How "fake" does something have to be to be considered eye dialect? Some 'lists' i've seen online are very zealous, stopping just this side of banning all contractions in writing As the man who coined "eye dialect,"