No, but they tend to be used in different contexts. A business might advertise a free gift, but never a free present. We buy our kids birthday presents, not birthday gifts.

You shouldn't really ever pronounce the as 'de/duh' in standard British English but it is a feature of some British accents, including some in London. I'd mainly associate it with a feature of certain immigrant community accents,

you can't use 'on guard' - they are not guarding anything. Maybe you are thinking along the lines of 'on duty'? It's still a bit of an odd word to use with cashiers and secretaries. The simpler 'at work' would

you'll also find 'would of' and 'could of' being used; these are incorrect as well.

Also in British English 'Have you got the time?'

Only 'joined' is possible here. It is the past tense of the verb join. 'Joint' is always a noun or adjective not a verb, so is incorrect. Sometimes 'joined' is pronounced as 'joint'. Perhaps this is

We only use strike/struck when the lightening hits something, not when it just flashes in the sky. Once I was camping during a storm and the lightening struck a tree nearby.

My advice - don't use it. It sounds comically old-fashioned so unless you are deliberately and obviously using it in a funny way, you'll sound daft.

I disagree. Every sport has set terms they use for their 'judges' and you can't mix them up. Football (soccer) has a referee, never an umpire or judge, for example. In the UK, badminton uses referees, umpires and line

Can I say, According to the above timetable, Bu s Number 25 passes along Street Aru, Sri Garden and Sri Hartamas for every 15 minutes and starts as early as 6.30 a.m. (b) Peter always arrives at the bus stop at 7.15 a.m. and will be