Madhulk  +  548838 Wed, 30 Jul 08 08:53 PM 'I wanted everything back to the way it was for Amy.' Meaning 'Because of Amy I wanted...' or 'I wanted Amy to be in the same situation again'?  Madhulk Joined on Mon, Dec 17 2007 Bulgaria Senior Member 3,177 THE MAN OF STEEL

	Grammar Geek  +  548842 Wed, 30 Jul 08 09:38 PM Amy should be able to face a situation that is exactly as it was before (whatever happened).   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Mr Wordy  +  548863 Wed, 30 Jul 08 11:19 PM To me it's ambiguous. It could mean either of the things you say. If your first meaning was intended someone might instead say "... for Amy's sake", but this can't be relied upon. Context and intonation should help you decide which makes more sense. Mr Wordy Joined on Tue, May 27 2008 Senior Member 2,359 Native British English speaker Intonations

	Madhulk  +  549111 Thu, 31 Jul 08 10:50 AM Jeff: Don't you understand? She loved you. How could you send her away?! Lex: Who are you? (Jeff is invisible) Jeff: Suddenly you care? Master Lex with his castle, his plant, his expensive cars. When did people ever matter to you? Lex: Jeff? Where are you? Jeff: I'm surprised you even know my name. Did you forget the unspoken rule? Servants are supposed to be invisible. We tried to hide, fade into the woodwork. My parents learned to live with it, pretended it didn't matter, but Amy wanted more. And I'm through pretending! Lex: What have I ever done to you? Jeff: Not to me, to Amy. She loved you and you threw her out like she was nothing. Lex: I thought she was attacking Victoria. Jeff: That was me. I wanted to scare her, make her leave. I wanted everything back to the way it was for Amy. But you're not interested in love. Everything to be the same again for her, right?    Madhulk Regards, Dates, Cookies, Love Letters

	Mr Wordy  +  549157 Thu, 31 Jul 08 12:45 PM Madhulk “Everything to be the same again for her, right? ” I think you're safe with that interpretation. (And anyway, there isn't a huge difference in meaning here...) Mr Wordy

	Madhulk  +  549324 Thu, 31 Jul 08 06:03 PM  Thanks, guys! Sorry to bother you so often but I am kind of pedantic - I always wanna know the exact meaning of something.  Madhulk