What are you looking at grammar?

“What are you looking at?” is correct. “Where are you looking?” is correct. These two sentences have a variety of meanings, and can sometimes mean almost the same thing.

Is there a comma after all the best?

If you are ending a letter or an email with “best regards” followed by your name, there should be a comma after “best regards.” This is the standard for any closing, including “sincerely,” “love” and “all the best.” Usually, your name goes on the next line.

Do all British people say “sat” instead of “sitting”?

Q: Do all British people say “sat” instead of “sitting,” as in this example from a Brit’s blog: “we were sat around the coffee table”? A: No, not all British people would say something like “we were sat around the coffee table.” That usage isn’t considered standard English in either the UK or the US.

Do all British people say “we were sat around the coffee table?

A: No, not all British people would say something like “we were sat around the coffee table.” That usage isn’t considered standard English in either the UK or the US. However, quite a few people in the UK do indeed use “sat” that way, and the usage shows up once in a while in the US too.

Is the use of ‘SAT’ and ‘stood’ in continuous tenses on the decline?

Soames, editor or co-editor of several Oxford dictionaries, says the use of “sat” and “stood” for “sitting” and “standing” in continuous, or progressive, tenses is “regarded as non-standard by usage guides.” “So are we witnessing a general decline of continuous tenses?” she asks.

Is it correct to say he was laughing or he was sitting?

The imperfect tense is “he was sitting/seated”. You cannot change “he was laughing” to “he was laughed” either. ‘He was laughed at’ is another thing altogether. “He was seated” or “he was sitting” are standard English, “he was sat” is dialect.