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There's not an apostrophe in "woulda". :P[/quote]

Little known rule: using apostrophes to mark dropped sounds in reported colloquial speech. E.g. the ol' gray mare, I ain' gon' do it, come back...

I agree with everyting you say, but when a foreigner is learning English and asks a question on what is the correct way to say something, I think we, as native speakers, should err on the side of...

There's no apostrophe in "woulda". :P

Yes, ma'am! May I have another?

Look, I don't know what's got you so upset, but I can't believe that you read my post carefully and came to the conclusion that I was accusing anyone of anything. ...

Ooo, teddy's out the cot![/quote]

Next time you are accusing someone of being a grammar Nazi, make sure it's not a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

It's perfectably acceptable to say it in British English, all I was saying is just because it is now acceptable to say "He is taller than me" or "who did you see" it doesn't mean saying the...

You seem to be laboring under the illusion that there are absolute rules for grammar aside from actual usage. If the forum readers want to learn English the way it is spoken by actual English...

You seem to be laboring under the illusion that there are absolute rules for grammar aside from actual usage. If the forum readers want to learn English the way it is spoken by actual English...