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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Several doubts. Please, help me.

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001) What do we call the place where we take the car to be repaired?(and here in this question the correct is to ask: 01u01b00What 02b02u00do we call or 01u01b00How 02b02u00do we call?) 02br
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002) The word "installment" can also be written with only one "L" = instalment?02br
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003) What's the plural of "basis"? 02br
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004) What are the levels at a school and the respective ages, please! (for example: kindergarten = ages varying from 2 up to 5 years old, primary school = from 7 up to 10 years old, etc...) 02br
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01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 103) What's the plural of "basis"? 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 104) What are the levels at a school and the respective ages, please! 02br 02br 00Secondary or High School is up to about age 18 and comprises 6 more years.

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  • 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 103) What's the plural of "basis"?
  • 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 104) What are the levels at a school and the respective ages, please!
  • 02br 02br 00Secondary or High School is up to about age 18 and comprises 6 more years.
  • 02br 02br 00Stannum0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite101) What do we call the place where we take the car to be repaired?(and here in this question the correct is to ask: 11u11b10What 12b12u10do we call or 11u11b10How 12b12u10do we call?) 12blockquote
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0Hi, Stannum!02br
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00 Thanks for your help. By the way what do you mean by "It's a BE - v - AE thingee ? 02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10By the way what do you mean by "It's a BE - v - AE thingee ?12blockquote
10I was referring to the spelling of instalment which is the British English version of the American English installment.02br
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00There are many instances of spelling differences between BE and AE.
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01cite10Anonymous12cite103) What's the plural of "basis"? 12br
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0Hi, Tanit!02br
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0Hi, Satannum!02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Hi, Satannum! 12br
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10You're welcome[6]02br
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0Also, in the U.S. you could say you have to take the car "to the mechanic." It doesn't matter if you actually know the mechanic, it's just what you say.02br
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00Just as a side note, this may be an American pronunciation, but the plural of basis (bases) isn't pronounced like "bases" as in "the bases were loaded" (a baseball expression). It's more like "base-eez" although n
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