Hi Melanie, I wonder where in Germany you'll go to - certainly Berlin, I'd say?! Well, anyway - just e-mail me if you want to know something special about Germany.

You are right, maverick - and that's also the answer, a "Standard" Grammar gives.

A great example is also the American pronunciation of "Atlanta" where it often sounds like "Adlanna".

For both regular and irregular verbs? I doubt this, but there are some pages available that list at least the (most common) irregular verbs. If you're looking for such a page, try:

>>> "Ain't is also obligatory in some fixed phrases, such as Say it ain't so." Bon Jovi sang "Say it isn't so" From Etymonline: ain't 1706, originally a contraction of am not, and in proper use with that sense until it began to be

-quake. Best wishes from Germany to all of you, take care! -Pemmican

Yes, they are countable when you regard them as single 'items'. Fire in your example refers to small fire-places early man have set up to be able to roast meat - that can mean that at the same time, some other people have also set up a fire,

They are different in meaning, "I stopped playing cricket" means I gave up playing it, I won't play it anymore. "I stopped (in order) to play cricket" means that I finished what I've done before in order to start a cricket game.

Yes, you're right, that's 3rd person singular, simple past tense.

Germany Cheers, Pemmican